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To  be  preserved  and  delivered  by  each  Officer  to  his  Successor. 


PRINTED  BY  NAAR,  DAY  &  X\  ^R,  TRENTON,  N.J. 

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FOR  THE  USE  AND  GOVERNMENT  OF 


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STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 


To  be  preserved  and  delivered  by  each  Officer  to  his  successor. 


PRINTED  BY  NAAE,  DAY  &  NAAR,  TRENTON,  N.  J. 

lb,  5. 


5 

1975 


THE   SCHOOL   L  A.  W\ 

REVISION— 1874. 


An  Act  to  establish  a  System  of  Public  Instruction. 

A. — STATE    BOARD    OF    EDUCATION. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  state  Board, 
ihe  State  of  New  Jersey,  That  the  general  supervision  and 
control  of  public  instruction  in  the  state  of  New  Jersey 

shall  be  vested  in  a  state  board  of  education,  which  board 
shall  consist  of  the.  trustees  of  the  school  fund,  the  trus- 
tees of  the  state  normal  school,  appointed  as  hereafter 
provided,  together  with  the  treasurer  thereof. 

2.  The  state  board  of  education  shall  have  power,  and  Powers  .and 
it  shall  be  their  duty  : 

I.  To  frame  and  modify  at  pleasure  such  by-laws  as 
may  be  deemed  expedient  for  their  own  government,  not 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  to  pre- 
scribe and  cause  to  be  enforced  all  rules  and  regulations 
necessary  for  carrying  into  effect  the  school  laws  of  this 
state ; 

II.  To  consider  the  necessities  of  the  public  schools, 
and  recommend  to  the  legislature,  from  time  to  time,  such 
additions  and  amendments  to  the  laws  as  are  deemed 
necessary  for  perfecting  the  school  system  of  the  state ; 

III.  To  appoint  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction ; 

IV.  To  appoint  the  county  superintendents  of  the 
several  counties  of  the  state,  subject  to  the  approval  of 


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the  board  of  chosen  freeholders  of  the  several  counties  at 

their  first  meeting  after  the  appointments  by  the  state 

[See sec.  19a,   board;  but  in  all  cases  where  no  action  is  taken  by  any 

page  8.]  '  . 

board  of  chosen  freeholders  approving  or  disapproving, 

then  the  appointments  made  by  the  state  board  shall  be 

valid  without  such  approval ; 

V.  To  prescribe  all  rules  and  regulations  for  holding 
teachers'  institutes ; 

VI.  To  order  all  necessary  repairs  to  the  grounds, 
buildings  and  furniture  of  the  state  normal  school,  and 
to  keep  said  buildings  and  furniture  insured,  and  the 
comptroller  shall  draw  warrants  for  the  payment  of  the 
same,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  president  of  said  board  ; 

VII.  To  authorize  the  payment  by  the  state  treasurer, 
upon  the  warrant  of  the  state  comptroller,  of  all  the 
necessary  incidental  expenses  incurred  by  the  state  super- 
intendent in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties ; 

VIII.  To  decide  all  appeals  from  the  decision  of  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

Compensation.  3.  The  members  of  the  board  shall  receive  no  compen- 
sation for  their  services,  but  the  state  treasurer  shall  pay 
the  necessary  expenses  of  the  said  members,  upon  the 
warrant  of  the  state  comptroller. 

Annual  report.  4.  The  board  shall  report  annually  to  the  legislature 
in  regard  to  all  matters  committed  to  their  care. 

B. STATE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUBLIC    INSTRUCTION. 

State Superin-  fi.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
ejected, 'term  of  be  elected  by  the  state  board  of  education  by  ballot,  and 
office,  salary.    ghal]  hold  0ffice  during  the  pleasure,  of  the  board,  not  to 

exceed  the  term  of  three  years,  receiving  annually  a 
Proviso.  salary  of  two  thousand   dollars ;  jyrovided,  that  nothing 

herein  contained  shall  prevent  his  re-election. 
Location  of  of-     6.  He  shall  be  required  to  have  his  office  in  the  state 

house  at  Trenton. 

7.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  carry  out  the  instructions  of 


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the  board,  and  tc  enforce  all  rules  and  regulations  pre- To  carry  out 

instructions  of 

scribed  by  them.  state  Board. 

8.  He  shall  be,  ex  officio,  secretary  of  the  board  of  officer  ex  of- 
education,  president   of  the  state  association  of  school 
superintendents,  and  a  member  of  the  state  board    of 
examiners,  and  of  all  county  and  city  boards  of  exam- 
iners. 

9.  He  shall  irave  the  supervision  of  all  the  schools  of  Supervision  of 
the  state  receiving  any  part  of  the  state  appropriation* 

and  shall  be  the  general  adviser  and  assistant  of  the 
county  superintendents;  he  shall,  from  time  to  time,  as 
he  shall  deem  for  the  interests  of  the  schools,  address 
circular  letters  to  said  superintendents,  giving  advice  as 
to  the  best  manner  of  conducting  schools,  constructing 
school  houses,  furnishing  the  same,  and  procuring  com- 
petent teachers. 

10.  The  state  superintendent,  under  the  direction  of  Apportionment 
the  trustees  of  the  school  fund,  shall  apportion  to  themoneys.    [See 
several  counties  the  state  school  moneys  to  which  each  |ycj  "  '  pn*e 
may  be  entitled,  which  apportionment  shall  be  made  in 

the  ratio  of  the  number  of  children  between  the  ages  of 
five  and  eighteen  in  the  said  counties,  as  ascertained  by 
the  last  annual  report  of  the  state  superintendent ;  he 
shall  furnish  to  the  state  comptroller,  and  to  the  county 
superintendent  and  the  county  collector  of  each  county, 
an  abstract  of  such  apportionment,  and  shall  draw  his 
order  on  the  state  comptroller  for  the  amount  to  which 
each  county  is  entitled,  in  favor  of  the  county  collector  of 
said  county. 

11.  He  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  dutv,  to  Power  of  with- 

holding  school 

direct  and  cause  the  county  superintendent  of  any  county,  moneys.    rs<> 
or  any  board  of  trustees  or  other  school  officers,  to  with-  77  and  92,  pp. ' 
hold  from  any  officer  or  district,  or  teacher,  that  part  ol  l$\     '  '""' 
the  state  appropriation  derived  from  the  revenue  of  the 
state,   until  such  officer,  district  or  teacher  shall    have 
complied  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  its  supple- 
ments relating  to  his,  its  or  their  duties,  and  with  all  the 


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[See  SPC.-77, 
page  28..] 

Blanks  and 
forms,  how  fur- 
nished. 


To  decide  dis- 
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To  collect 
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To  preserve 
school  docu- 
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1  >ffice  seal. 


rules  and  regulations  made  in  pursuance  thereof  by  the 
state  board  of  education ;  he  shall  forbid  the  payment  of 
said  part  of  the  state  appropriation  to  any  district  in 
which  the  school  or  schools  have  not  been  kept  according 
to  law,  or  in  which  a  public  school  has  not  been  kept  for 
at  least  five  [nine]  months  during  the  year  next  preced- 
ing the  demand  for  payment. 

12.  He  shall  prepare,  and  cause  to  be  printed,  suitable 
forms  for  making  all  reports  and  conducting  all  neces- 
sary proceedings  under  the  school  laws  of  this  state,  and 
shall  transmit  them  to  the  local  school  officers  and 
teachers;  he  shall  cause  all  school  laws  to  be  printed  in 
pamphlet  form,  and  shall  annex  thereto  forms  for  making 
reports  and  conducting  school  business. 

1&  He  shall  decide,  subject  to  appeal  to  the  state  board 
of  education,  and  without  cost  to  the  parties,  all  contro- 
versies or  disputes  that  may  arise  under  the  school  laws 
of  the  state  or  under  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed 
by  the  state  board  of  education ;  the  facts  of  which  con- 
troversies or  disputes  shall  be  made  known  to  him  by 
written  statements  by  the  parties  thereto,  verified  by  oath 
or  affirmation,  if  required,  and  accompanied  by  certified 
copies  of  all  documents  necessary  to  a  full  understanding 
of  the  question  in  dispute  ;  and  his  decision  shall  be  bind- 
ing until  a  different  decision  shall  be  given  by  the  state 
board  of  education. 

14.  He  shall  preserve  in  his  ofiice  such  school  books, 
apparatus,  maps,  charts,  works  on  education,  plans  for 
school  buildings,  and  other  articles  of  interest  to  school 
officers  or  teachers,  as  may  be  secured  without  expense  to 
the  state. 

15.  He  shall  file  all  school  reports  of  this  state  and  of 
other  states  which  may  be  sent  to  his  ofiice,  and  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  the  acts  connected  with  his  official 
duties,  and  preserve  copies  of  all  the  decisions  given  by 
him. 

16.  He  shall  provide  a  seal,  with  suitable  device,  for 


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use  in  his  office,  bv  which  all  his  official  acts'  and  deci- 
sions  may  be  authenticated. 

17.  He  shall  report  to  the  state  board  of  education,  at  Annual  report, 
its  annual  meeting  in  December  of  each  year,  a  statement 

of  the  condition  of  the  public  schools  and  of  all  the  educa- 
tional institutions  receiving  support  from  the  state,  which 
report  shall  contain  full  statistical  tables  of  all  items  con- 
nected with  the  cause  of  education  that  may  be  of  interest 
to  the  school  officers  or  people  of  the  state,  together  with 
such  plans  and  suggestions  for  the  improvement  of  the 
schools  and  the  advancement  of  public  instruction  in  the 
state  as  he  shall  deem  expedient. 

18.  He  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  Deliver  proper- 

t  •  •         «*    ■    i  i  n  ty to  successor. 

deliver  to  his  successor  his  official  seal,  together  With  all 
property,  books  and  documents,  maps,  records,  reports 
and  other  papers  belonging  to  his  office,  or  which  may 
have  been  received  by  him  for  the  use  of  his  office. 

18a.  He  shall  (unless  the  state  board  of  education  shall,  Power  of  with- 
for  good  cause  shown,  otherwise  direct,)  have  power,  and  moneys.  °[See 
it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  direct  and  cause  the  county  collec-  77°and  9-2,  pp. ' 
tor  of  any  county  to  withhold  from  any  county  superin-  j^,]0' 28  aud 
tendent  any  portion  of  his  salary  until  he  has  fully  com- 
plied with  the  provisions  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a 
supplement,  or  any  of  its  supplements,  relating  to  his 
duties ;  and  (unless  the  state  board  of  education  shall,  for 
good  cause  shown,  otherwise  direct,)  it  shall  be  his  duty 
to  direct  and  cause  the  county  superintendent   of  any 
county,  or  any  board  of  trustees  or  school  officers,  to  with- 
hold from  any  officer,  or  district,  or  teacher,  that  part  of 
the  state  appropriation  derived  from  the  revenue  of  the 
state,  until  such  officer,  district  or  teacher  shall  have 
complied  with  the  provisions  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  a 
supplement,  or  any  of  its  supplements,  relating  to  his,  its 
or  their  duties,  and  with  all  the  rules  and  regulations 
made  in  pursuance  of  any  of  these  acts  by  the  state  board 
of  education ;  and  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  state  board  of  education,  he  shall  have  power,  and  it 


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shall  be  his  duty,  to  suspend  or  revoke  the  license  of  any 
teacher  when  the  county  superintendent  shall  make  for- 
mal report  that  such  teacher  does  not  possess  the  attain- 
ments or  qualifications  which  are  essential  to  his  office, 
or  that  the  school,  or  department  of  a  school,  under  the 
charge  of  such  teacher,  is  suffering  from  his  or  her  incom- 
petency, or  from  his  or  her  failure  or  inability  to  govern 
or  instruct  the  children  who  are  under  his  or  her  care. 

C. COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

County  super-     19.  The  state  board  of  education  shall  appoint  for  each 

lntendent,  how  .,     ,   .        ,        .  ,  .    .  „ 

appointed.  county  one  person,  as  provided  m  the  fourth  provision  of 
section  two,  of  suitable  attainments,  as  the  county  super- 
intendent of  the  public  schools  for  that  county,  who  shall 
hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  board,  not  to  exceed 

Proviso.  f]ie  term  of  three  years ;  provided,  that  nothing  herein 

contained  shall  prevent  his  reappointment. 

Appointment        19a.  The  state  board  of  education  shall  appoint  the 

to  be  approved  .  ,  .     ,  ... 

by  board  of  county  superintendents  of  the  several  counties  in  the 
state,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  chosen  free- 
holders of  the  several  counties ;  but  in  all  cases  where  a 
month  elapses  and  no  action  is  taken  by  any  board  of 
chosen  freeholders  approving  or  disapproving,  then  the 
appointments  made  by  the  state  board  shall  be  valid 
without  such  approval. 

Salary  of  Coun-     20.  The  yearly  salary  of  the  county  superintendent 

ty  Superintend-  J  J  J  J  r 

out.  [Seesee.  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  for  each  child  in  the 
county  between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen,  as  ascer- 
tained from  the  last  annual  report  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent, which  salary  shall  be  paid  by  the  county  collec- 

Proviso.  tor,  on  the  warrant  of  the  state  superintendent ;  provided, 

that  the  salary  shall  in  no  case  be  less  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  nor  more  than  twelve  hundred  dollars ;  and  pro- 

Proviso.  vided,  that  in  case  any  city  shall  have  a  city  superintend- 

ent of  schools,  who  is  not  also  the  county  superintendent, 
the  children  belonging  to  such  city  shall  not  be  counted 


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in  determining  the  salary  of  the  county  superintendent, 
and  the  supervision  of  the  schools  oi  said  city,  which 
would  otherwise  belong  to  the  county  superintendent, 
shall  devolve  upon  the  city  superintendent. 

20a.    In    order   to   enable   county   superintendents  of  Expense*  of 
schools  to  discharge  their  duties  with  greater  efficiency;  intendents. 
they  shall  receive  annually,  in  addition  to  the  salary  now 
allowed  them,  such  sums  as  they  may  need  to  pay  the 
actual  expenses  incurred  by  them  in  the  performance  of 
their  official  duties,  which  sums  shall  be  paid  by  the  col- 
lector of  the  county,  on  the  order  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  ;  provided,  that  no  such  order  Proviso, 
shall  be  given  in  favor  of  any  county  superintendent 
until  such  county  superintendent  shall  have  furnished 
the  state  board  of  education  a  certified  statement  under 
oath,  by  items,  of  the  expenses  he  has  incurred,  and  that, 
during  the  year  for  which  such  order  is  drawn,  he  has 
performed  faithfully  all  the  duties  imposed  by  the  school 
law  and  by  the  regulations  of  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion ;  and  jrrovided  further,  that  in  no  case  shall  the  ex-  proviso, 
penses  aforesaid  exceed  three  hundred  dollars  annually  ; 
and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  the  salaries  received  by  Salary, 
the  county  superintendents  shall  be  determined  by  the 
school  census  report  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
seventy. 

21.  The  county  superintendent  shall  apportion  annu-  Apportionment 

by  County  Su- 
eriu.tend.pnt. 


ally  among  the  several  townships  of  his  county,  and  to 


the  city  or  cities  therein,  not  included  in  said  townships,  gf®  3^  81' 


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under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  chosen  freeholders, 
the  school  moneys  belonging  to  said  county,  in  the  ratio 
of  the  number  of  children  between  the  ages  of  five  and 
eighteen,  as  ascertained  by  the  last  preceding  annual 
repori  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

22.    Pie   shall   further   apportion   among   the   several  Apportionment 
school  districts  of  each  township  the  state  appropriation  Perfntendent.U 
to  which  they  are  entitled,  together  with  the  township  JJJJ^ 81' 
appropriation,  in  the  ratio  of  the  number  of  children 


10  SCHOOL  LAW. 


between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen,  as  reported  by  the 
district  clerk. 
County  Super      23.  He  shall  issue  orders  on  the  county  collector  in 

interulent  to  .  J 

issue  orders,  favor  of  each  township  collector  and  of  each  city  trea- 
page  30.]  '  surer,  for  that  portion  of  the  state  appropriation  to  which 
said  township  or  city  is  entitled  ;  and  shall  file  with  each 
township  collector  and  the  clerk  of  each  school  district  in 
any  township,  a  copy  of  the  apportionment  of  the  town- 
ship school  funds  made  by  him  for  said  township,  within 
twenty  days  after  making  said  apportionment. 
License  teach-       24.  He  shall   examine   and   license  teachers,  fix  the 

ers.  and  change .  .  .        .,..  ,..,  ,  .         ,.. 

district  bounds,  boundaries  oi  school  districts,  divide  and  unite  districts, 
form  new  districts,  provide  for  graded  schools,  and  dis- 
charge other  duties  of  general  supervision  and  superin- 
tendence over  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  regulations  prescribed  from  time  to  time 
by  the  state  board  of  education ;  but  no  school  district 
shall  hereafter  be  formed  which  shall  contain  less  than 
seventy-five  children  between  five  and  eighteen  years  of 
age ;  and  each  incorporated  city  or  town  shall  hereafter 
constitute  but  one  school  district  for  all  school  purposes, 
and  such  consolidated  district  shall  hold  all  the  property, 
and  be  liable  for  all  the  lawful  debts  of  the  district  so 
consolidated. 
Appointment  of  25.  He  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to 
appoint  trustees  for  any  district  which,  for  any  cause, 
fails  to  elect  at  the  regular  time ;  to  appoint  trustees  to 
fill  vacancies ;  to  appoint  the  first  trustees  for  any  new 
Proviso.  district ;  provided,  however,  that  when  a  new  district  is 

organized,  such  of  the  trustees  of  the  old  district  as  reside 
within  the  limits  of  the  new  one  shall  be  trustees  of  the 
new  one,  and  the  vacancy  in  the  old  district  shall  be 
filled  by  his  appointment. 
Power  of  with-     26.  He  shall  have  power  to  withhold  that  part  of  the 
moneys.    [See state  appropriation  derived  from  the  revenue  of  the  state, 
77CaDd92!p,p8afrom  any  district  in  which  the  inhabitants  fail  to  provide 
36^  28  a  su^able  school  building  and  outhouses,  or  in  which  the 


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existing  buildings  shall  be  pronounced  by  him  and  a 
majority  of  the  trustees  unfit  for  use ;  and  for  that  pur- 
pose he  may  serve  a  notice  on  the  township  collector  to 
withhold  the  payment  of  the  same  from  such  district. 

27.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  countv  superintendent,  Appointment 

.  .  "     .  .  of  Btudents  for 

at  sucli  time  and  place  as  the  state  superintendent  may  Agricultural 
appoint,  to  examine  such  candidates  for  state  scholarships 
at  the  agricultural  college,  as  may  present  themselves, 
and  the  candidates  shall  be  subjected  to  such  examina- 
tion as  the  faculty  of  the  said  college  and  the  state  super- 
intendent shall  prescribe;  and  the  candidates  who  shall 
receive  certificates  of  appointment  to  the  agricultural 
college  in  any  one  county,  shall  be  those  who  obtain,  on 
such  examination,  the  highest  average  for  scholarship  ; 
end  the  number  of  certificates  thus  granted  shall  in  no 
case  exceed  the  number  of  state  scholarships  to  which 
such  county  is  entitled. 

28.  In  all  controversies  arising  under  the  school  law  To  give  advice 
the  opinion  and  advice  of  the  county  superintendent  shall 

first  be  sought,  and  from  him  appeal  may  be  made,  if 
necessary,  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion. 

29.  The  county  and  city  superintendents  shall  together  state  Associa- 
constitute  an  association,  to  be  called  "  The  State  Associ-  superintend-0 
ation  of  School  Superintendents,"  which  association  shall eut8' 
meet  annually,  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  state  board 

of  education  may  appoint,  and  at  such  other  times  as  they 
may  agree  upon. 

30.  Each  county  superintendent,  and  each  city  super- Annual  report 
intendent,  on  or  before  the  first  of  October  of  each  year,  city  Supenn" 
shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  state  superintendent, tendent8- 

in  the  manner  and  form  prescribed  by  him  ;  which  report 
shall  specifically  set  forth  any  and  all  such  facts  within 
his  purview  as  touch  and  describe  the  location  and 
capacity  of  each  school  healthfully  to  accommodate  the 
pupils  in  attendance,  to  the  end  that  a  full  observation 
may  be  deduced,  favorable  or  otherwise,  as  to  an  ample 


12  SCHOOL   LAW. 


supply  of  sittings,  suitability  of  conveniences,  eligibility 
of  position,  attention  to  ventilation,  and  as  to  all  such 
other  pertinent  subjects  as  may  clearly  and  fully  exhibit 
the  sanitary  condition  of  the  public  schools  under  his 
official  inspection. 

D. — SCHOOL    TRUSTEES. 

Trustees,  when      31.  An  annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  school  trus- 
e'i'  tees  shall  be  held  in  each  district  on  the  first  Monday  in 

September  of  each  year,  at  the  district  school  house,  if 
there  be  one,  and,  if  there  be  none,  at  a  place  to  be  desig- 
nated by  the  district  clerk,  who  shall  post  notices  thereof, 
specifying  the  da}',  time,  object  and  place  of  such  meet- 
ing, in  at  least  three  public  places  in  the  district,  one  of 
which  shall  be  at  the  school  house,  if  there  be  one,  at 
least  five  da}^  previous  to  the  time  of  meeting ;  the  voters 
shall  be  legal  voters  of  the  district,  and  a  plurality  of 
votes  shall  elect ;  and  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the 
office  of  trustee  unless  he  is  a  resident  in  the  district ;  and 
further,  no  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  school 
trustee  unless  he  or  she  can  read  or  write ;  but  women 
who  are  residents  in  the  district,  and  over  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  shall  also  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
school  trustee,  and  may  hold  such  office,  and  perform  the 
duties  of  the  same,  when  duly  elected  by  the  legal  voters 
of  the  district. 
Meetings  of  31a.  The  township  boards  of  trustees  of  the  several 
boards'. P  townships  of  this  state  shall  meet  semi-annually,  at  such 
times  and  places  as  the  county  superintendent  may  ap- 
point. 
TermofTrus-  32.  In  all  districts,  in  which  elections  have  been  pre- 
viously held,  one  trustee  shall  be  elected  for  the  term  of 
three  years,  and  if  there  are  vacancies  to  be  filled  a  suffi- 
cient number  shall  be  elected  to  fill  them  for  the  unex- 
pired terms. 
33.  In  new  districts  acting  under  trustees  appointed  by 


tees 


SCHOOL  LAW.  13 


the  county  superintendent,  three  trustees  shall  be  elected  Trustee*  for 

1  •      1  i  -new  districts. 

for  one,  two  and  three  years,  respectively ;  the  term  ol 
office  of  any  trustee  which  would  otherwise  expire  in 
April  of  any  year,  shall  expire  on  the  first  Monday  in 
September  of  the  same  year. 

34.  Each  board  of  trustees  shall,  within  ten  davs  after  District  cierk, 

how  elected. 

the  annual  election,  meet  at  the  school  house,  or  at  some 
other  convenient  place,  and  proceed  to  elect  one  of  their 
number  clerk  of  the  board,  who  shall  be  known  and 
referred  to  as  "  district  clerk  ;"  and  on  their  failure  to  do 
so  the  county  superintendent  shall  appoint  said  clerk. 

35.  He  shall  record,  in  a  suitable  book,  all  proceed-  Duties  of  Dis- 

i  tnc*  Clerk. 

ings  of  the  board,  and  of  the  annual  school  meetings,  and 
of  special  school  meetings,  and  pay  out,  by  orders  on  the 
township  collectors,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law,  all 
school  moneys  of  the  district  received  from  the  -state, 
township  or  district;  he  shall  keep  a  correct  and  detailed 
account  of  all  expenditures  of  school  moneys  in  his  dis- 
trict, and  report  the  same  to  the  county  superintendent, 
and  also  to  the  township  committee;  at  each  annual 
school  meeting  he  shall  present  his  record  book  and  his 
accounts  for  public  inspection,  and  shall  make  a  state- 
ment of  the  financial  condition  of  the  district  and  of  the 
action  of  the  trustees. 

36.  He  shall  take  annually,  in  the  month  of  August,  School  census. 
between  the  first  and  twentieth  day  of  said  month,  an 

exact  census  of  all  children  residing  in  the  district 
between  the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen,  not  including  the 
children  who  may  be  inmates  of  poorhouses,  asylums  or 
almshouses,  and  shall  specify  the  names  and  ages  of  such 
children,  and  the  names  of  their  parents  or  guardians  (all 
children  who  may  be  absent  from  home,  attending  col- 
leges, boarding  schools,  and  private  seminaries  of  learn- 
ing, shall  be  included  in  the  census  list  of  the  city;  town 
or  district  in  which  their  parents  or  guardians  reside,  and 
not  be  taken  by  the  district  clerk  of  the  city,  town  or  dis- 
trict where  they  may  be  attending  such  institutions  of 


14  SCHOOL   LAW. 


learning) ;  and  that  he  shall  make  a  full  report  thereof, 

Oathoraffir-    verified  by  him  under  oath  or  affirmation,  that  the  same 

sec!'99,'  page6  is  correct  and  true,  on  the  blanks  furnished  for  that  pur- 

37 •]  pose,  to  the  county  superintendent,  on  or  before  the  first 

day  of  September  next  after  his  appointment,  and  keep  a 

copy  of  the  same  for  the  use  of  the  school  trustees,  and 

shall  receive  for  his  services  such  compensation  as  the 

board  of  trustees  may  allow. 

Fuel  and  sup-       37.  He  shall  keep  the  school  buildings  in  repair ;  he 

shall  provide  the  necessary  fuel,  and  obtain  for  the  schools 

such  supplies  of  crayons  for  blackboards,  for  the  use  of 

the  pupils,  as  are  necessary  in  carrying  out  the  course  of 

study  prescribed  therein ;    which   repairs    and  supplies 

shall  be  paid  for  out  of  the  moneys  raised  by  the  district. 

Name  and  38.  Every  school  district  shall  be  known  bv  the  name 

immber  of  die-         ,  .  .  1         .     .  , 

acta  and  number  assigned  to  it  by  the  county  superintendent* 

in  accordance  with  the  general  regulations  of  the  state 
board  of  education,  and  the  trustees  thereof  shall  be  a 
body  corporate,  to  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of 

"  The  Trustees  of  School  District  Number ,  in  the 

County  of  ,"  and  shall  be  capable  of  suing  and 

being  sued  in  all  courts  and  places  whatever,  and  of  pur- 
chasing, holding  and  convejnng  real  and  personal  pro- 
perty for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  schools  of  such  dis- 
trict, and  may  have  a  corporate  seal. 

Powers  of  39.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district  shall 

have  power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty : 

I.  To  employ  and  dismiss  teachers,  janitors,  mechanics 
and  laborers,  and  to  fix,  alter,  allow  and  order  paid  their 
salaries  and  compensations ; 

II.  To  make  and  enforce  rules  and  regulations,  not  in 
conflict  with  the  general  regulations  of  the  state  board  of 
education,  for  the  government  of  schools,  pupils  and 
teachers ; 

III.  To  erect,  enlarge,  repair  or  improve  school  build- 
ings, and  purchase,  lease,  mortgage  or  sell  school  lots  or 
school  houses;  to  borrow  money  with  or  without  mort- 


Truslees. 


SCHOOL   LAW.  15 


gage,  and  to  raise  money  by  taxation  for  any  such  pur- 
pose, or  to  pay  debts  incurred  therefor,  or  for  the  current 
expenses  of  any  schools ;  provided,  that  for  any  such  acts  Proviso, 
they  shall  have  the  previous  authority  of  a  vote  of  the 
district ; 

IV.  To  rent,  furnish  and  repair  school  buildings,  and 
keep  the  same  insured  ; 

V.  To  purchase  personal  property,  and  to  receive,  lease 
and  hold  in  fee,  in  trust  for  their  district,  any  and  all 
real  or  personal  property,  for  the  benefit  of  the  schools 
thereof; 

VI.  To  enforce  the  regulations  prescribed  by  the  state 
board  of  education,  and,  in  connection  with  the  county 
superintendent,  to  prescribe  the  course  of  study  to  be  pur- 
sued, and  a  uniform  series  of  text-books  to  be  used  in  the 
achool  or  schools  under  their  charge ; 

VII.  To  suspend  or  expel  pupils  from  school ; 

VIII.  To  provide  books  for  indigent  children ; 

IX.  To  require  all  pupils  to  be  furnished  with  suitable 
books,  as  a  condition  of  membership  in  the  school ; 

X.  To  require  every  teacher  to  keep  a  state  school 
register ; 

XL  To  call  a  special  meeting  of  the  legal  voters  of  the 
district  at  any  time  when,  in  the  judgment  of  said  trus- 
tees, the  interests  of  the  school  may  require  it,  which 
meeting  shall  be  called  in  the  manner  provided  in  section 
eighty-[six]  of  this  act  for  calling  the  annual  district  meet- 
ing, and  no  business  shall  be  transacted  at  such  special 
meeting  except  such  as  has  been  set  forth  in  the  notices 
by  which  said  meeting  was  called ; 

XII.  To  permit  a  school  house  to  be  used  for  other 
than  school  purposes  when  a  majority  of  the  trustees 
present  shall  so  agree,  at  a  meeting  regularly  called  for 
that  purpose ; 

XIII.  To  make  an  annual  report,  on  or  before  the  first 
of  September,  to  the  county  superintendent,  in  the  man- 


16  SCHOOL  LAW. 


ner  and  form  prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of 

public  instruction. 

Meetings  of         40.  The  district  trustees  of  each  township  shall  together 

Boards  of  ^    constitute  an  association,  to  be  called  "The  Township 

st"'Vi'^  page6  Board  of  Trustees;"  said  board  shall  meet  at  such  times 

and  places  as  the  county  superintendent  may  appoint,  for 

the  purpose  of  hearing  from  him  communications  and 

suggestions  in  regard  to  the  management  of  the  schools, 

and  of  submitting  to  him  questions  for  advice  or  opinion 

relating  to  the  same. 


E. TEACHERS. 

school  register,     /j.;^  Every  teacher  of  a  public  school  shall  keep  a  school 

how  kept.  ^  r  x 

register  in  the  manner  provided  therefor,  and  no  salary 
shall  be  paid  to  such  teacher  until  said  register  is  exhib- 
ited to  the  district  clerk  or  other  officer  authorized  to 
make  payment,  and  until  said  officer  finds,  by  examina- 
tion, that  the  register  has  been  properly  kept  for  the  time 
for  which  salary  is  demanded,  and  enters  upon  the  regis- 
ter a  certificate  to  that  effect. 
School  register  42.  Every  teacher  who  shall  leave  a  school  before  the 
trict'cierk.13  close  of  the  school  year  shall,  at  the  time  of  leaving,  make 
to  the  county  superintendent  a  report  of  the  school  for  all 
that  portion  of  the  current  school  year  that  the  school 
has  been  in  his  or  her  charge,  and  shall,  at  the  same  time, 
give  a  duplicate  of  said  report,  and  surrender  the  school 
register  to  the  district  clerk ;  and  any  teacher  who  may 
be  teaching  any  school  at  the  close  of  the  school  year 
shall,  in  his  or  her  annual  report,  include  all  the  statis- 
tics from  the  school  register  for  the  entire  school  year, 
notwithstanding  any  previous  report  for  a  part  of  the 
year;  no  school  money  shall  be  paid  to  any  teacher  for 
the  last  month  of  his  or  her  services,  until  the  report 
herein  required  shall  have  been  made  and  received,  and 
Proviso.  the  register  exhibited ;  provided,  that  in  graded  schools, 

in  which  there  are  more  teachers  than  one,  the  principal 


SCHOOL   LAW.  17 


teacher  alone  shall  be  responsible  for  the  school  report 
and  register. 

43.  No  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  any  salary  unless  Teachers  cer- 
such  teacher  shall  be  the  holder  of  a  proper  teacher's  cer- 
tificate in  full  force  and  effect. 

44.  In  every  contract,  whether  written  or  verbal,  be- School  mouth 
tween  any  teacher  and  board  of  trustees,  a  school  month 

shall  be  construed  and  taken  to  be  twenty  school  days,  or 
four  weeks  of  five  school  days  each  ;  and  no  teacher  shall 
be  required  to  teach  school  on  Christmas  day,  the  first 
day  of  January,  the  fourth  day  of  July,  and  such  days  of 
fasting  or  thanksgiving  as  may  be  appointed  by  the 
president  of  the  United  States  or  the  governor  of  this 
state ;  and  no  deduction  from  the  teacher's  time  or  wages 
shall  be  made  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  a  school  day 
happens  to  be  one  of  the  days  referred  to  in  this  section  ; 
any  contract  made  in  violation  of  this  section  shall  have 
no  force  or  effect  as  against  the  teacher. 

45.  Every  teacher  shall  have  power  to  hold  every  pupil  Teacher's  au- 
accountable,  in  school,  for  any  disorderly  conduct  on  the  \>up\\l  ° 
way  to  or  from  school,  or  on  the  play  grounds  of  the 
school,  or  during  recess,  and  to  suspend  from  school  any 

pupil  for  good  cause;  provided,  that  such  suspension  shall  Proviso. 
be  reported  by  the  teacher  to  the  trustees  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable ;  and  if  such  action  is  not  sustained  by  them,  the 
teacher  may  appeal  to  the  county  superintendent,  whose 
decision  shall  be  final. 

46.  In  case  of  the  dismissal  of  any  teacher  before  the  Dismissal  of 
expiration  of  any  contract  entered  into  between  suchteachci' 
teacher  and  trustees,  the  teacher  shall  have  the  right  of 
appeal  to  the  county  superintendent,  and  if  the  county 
superintendent  shall  decide  that  the  removal  was  made 
without  good  cause,  said  teacher  shall  be  entitled  to  com- 
pensation for  the  full  time  for  which  the  contract  was 
made;  but  it  shall  be  optional  with  the  trustees  whether 

he  or  she  shall  or  shall  not  teach  for  the  unexpired  term. 

2 


18  SCHOOL  LAW. 


F. — PUPILS. 

Pupils  to  sub-  47.  The  pupils  of  the  public  schools  shall  comply  with 
of  teacher.0  the  regulations  established  in  pursuance  of  law  for  the 
government  of  such  schools ;  shall  pursue  the  course  of 
study  and  use  the  series  of  text-books  prescribed  by  the 
trustees  and  county  superintendent,  and  shall  submit  to 
the  authority  of  the  teachers ;  continued  and  wilful  dis- 
obedience,  or  open  defiance  of  the  authority  of  the  teacher, 
the  use  of  habitual  profanity  or  obscene  language,  shall 
constitute  good  cause  for  suspension  or  expulsion  from 
school ;  any  pupil  who  shall  in  any  way  cut,  deface  or 
otherwise  injure  any  school  house,  fences  or  outbuildings 
thereof,  shall  be  liable  to  suspension  and  punishment, 
and  the  parents  of  such  pupil  shall  be  liable  for  damages 
to  the  amount  of  injury,  on  complaint  of  the  teacher,  the 
amount  to  be  determined  by  the  trustees,  and  collected  by 
the  district  clerk,  by  an  action  in  debt  therefor,  in  any 
court  having  jurisdiction,  in  his  name  as  district  clerk, 
together  with  the  costs  of  said  action. 

G. — BOARDS   OF    EXAMINERS. 

state  Board  of     48.  There  shall  be  a  state  board  of  examiners,  consist- 

Esaminers.      ^^  ^  ^_e  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  and 

the  principal  of  the  state  normal  school;  they  shall  have 

power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to  hold  examinations 

of  teachers,  and  to  grant  state  certificates,  or  revoke  the 

same,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  state  board 

of  education  may  prescribe  ;  and  a  certificate  thus  granted 

shall  entitle  the  holder,  without  further  examination,  to 

teach  in  any  part  of  the  state,  so  long  as  the  certificate 

remains  valid  by  the  terms  thereof,  and  in  any  school  not 

of  a  higher  grade  than  that  for  which   the  certificate 

represents  him  as  qualified. 

County  Boards     49.  There  shall  be  in  each  county  a  county  board  of 

of  Examiners.  examjnerSj  which  shall  be  composed  of  the  county  super- 


SCHOOL  LAW.  19 


intendent,  who  shall,  ex  officio,  be  chairman,  and  of  a 
number  of  teachers,  not  to  exceed  three,  to  be  appointed 
by  hirn,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  time 
of  their  respective  appointments;  but  no  person  shall  be 
appointed  as  county  examiner  unless  he  holds  either  a 
state  or  a  first  grade  county  certificate  ;  the  county  super. 
intendent  shall  fill  vacancies  that  occur  from  absence  or 
other  causes,  but  if  he  cannot  find  any  teacher  in  his 
county  qualified,  under  the  provisions  of  this  section, 
willing  to  serve,  he  shall  conduct  the  examination  him- 
self; the  board  shall  meet  at  such  times  and  places  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  chairman,  and  shall  hold  a 
session  at  least  as  often  as  once  in  every  three  months, 
and  at  the  place  and  during  the  session  of  any  teachers' 
institute  held  in  the  count}r ;  each  member  of  the  board 
except  the  county  superintendent,  shall  be  paid  for  his 
services,  in  addition  to  his  traveling  expenses,  a  sum  not 
exceeding  three  dollars  for  each  session  of  said  board,  to 
be  paid  by  the  county  collector  on  the  order  of  the  county 
superintendent;  provided,  that  this  compensation  shall  be  Proviso, 
paid  only  for  the  regular  quarterly  examinations;  and 
that  whenever  said  board  shall  hold  sessions  at  any  other 
time,  no  compensation  shall  be  allowed  from  the  county  ; 
but  in  cases  of  such  special  examinations,  said  board  may 
charge  each  applicant  an  examination  fee  not  exceeding- 
two  dollars  ;  the  county  board  of  examiners  shall  have 
power  to  conduct  examinations  and  to  grant  certificates 
of  different  grades,  in  accordance  with  the  general  regu- 
lations on  the  subject  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of 
education,  and  the  highest  grade  of  certificate  thus  granted 
shall  entitle  the  holder,  without  further  examination,  to 
teach  in  any  part  of  the  state  so  long  as  this  certificate 
remains  valid,  and  in  any  school  not  of  a  higher  grade 
than  that  for  which  the  certificate  represents  the  holder 
as  qualified  ;  any  county  certificate  lower  than  the  high- 
est grade  will  only  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  a  school  of 


20  SCHOOL   LAW. 


a  corresponding  grade  in  the  county,  for  which  such  cer- 
tificate was  granted. 
City  Boards  of  50.  In  every  city  having  a  board  of  education  governed 
by  special  laws,  there  shall  be  a  city  board  of  examiners, 
to  consist  of  such  members  as  said  board  of  education  of 
that  city  may  appoint;  said  examiners  shall  have  power, 
subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  city  board  of  education,  to  grant  certificates  of 
qualification,  which  shall  be  valid  for  all  schools  of  that 
city  ;  and  no  teacher  shall  be  employed  in  any  of  the 
schools  of  that  city  unless  possessing  such  certificate,  or  a 
state  certificate,  nor  in  any  school  of  a  higher  grade  than 
that  for  which  said  certificate  represents  the  holder  to  be 
qualified  ;  any  city  board  of  examiners  may  recognize  the 
certificates  of  any  other  city,  and,  without  examination, 
issue  to  the  holders  certificates  of  a  corresponding  grade. 

h. — SCHOOLS. 

State  Normal  School. 

Normal  School.  51.  There  shall  be  a  normal  school,  or  seminary,  for 
the  training  and  education  of  teachers  in  the  art  of  in- 
structing and  governing  the  common  schools  of  this  state, 
the  object  of  which  normal  school  or  seminary  shall  be 
the  training  and  education  of  its  pupils  in  such  branches 
of  knowledge,  and  such  methods  of  teaching  and  govern- 
ing, as  will  qualify  them  for  teachers  of  our  common 
schools. 

Trustees  how  52.  There  shall  be  a  board  of  trustees  of  said  normal 
school,  to  consist  of  two  trustees  from  each  congressional 
district ;  the  trustees  already  appointed  shall  continue  in 
office  severally  for  the  terms  for  which  they  have  been 
appointed,  namely,  seven  whose  terms  expire  in  eighteen 
hundred  and  seventy-four,  and  seven  whose  terms  expire 
in  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-five;  and  annually 
thereafter,  in  the  place  of  those  whose  terms  are  about  to 


SCHOOL  LAW.  21 


expire,  the  governor  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  senate  shall  appoint,  one  trustee 
of  said  school  from  each  congressional  district,  to  hold 
office  severally  for  the  term  of  two  years  and  until  their 
successors  are  appointed,  so  that  there  shall  always  be  two 
trustees  from  each  congressional  district ;  and  in  case  of 
any  vacancy  by  death,  resignation  or  otherwise,  a  suc- 
cessor for  the  unexpired  term  shall  in  like  manner  be 
appointed ;  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
shall  be,  ex  officio,  a  member  of  said  board  of  trustees. 

53.  The  said  trustees  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  Compensation. 
their  services,  but  the  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by 

them  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  shall  be  defrayed 
out  of  the  funds  hereinafter  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  said  school. 

54.  To  the  said  board  of  trustees  shall  be  committed  Supervision  of 
the  control  and  use  of  the  buildings  and  grounds  owned  l 

and  used  by  the  state  for  the  use  of  the  normal  school, 
the  application  of  the  funds  for  the  support  thereof,  the 
appointment  of  teachers  and  the  power  of  removing  the 
same,  the  power  to  prescribe  the  studies  and  exercises  of 
the  school  and  rules  for  its  management ;  to  grant  diplo- 
mas ;  to  appoint  some  suitable  person  treasurer  of  the 
board,  and  to  frame  and  modify,  at  pleasure,  such  by-laws 
as  they  may  deem  necessa^  for  their  own  government ; 
and  they  shall  report  annually  to  the  legislature  their 
own  doings  and  the  progress  and  condition  of  the  school. 

55.  The  number  of  pupils  shall  not  exceed  three  for  Number  of 
each  member  of  the  senate  and  general  assembly,  and1'"1"" 
each  county  shall  be  entitled  to  fill  three  times  as  many 

seats  in  the  school  as  it  has  representatives  in  the  legisla- 
ture; the  applicants  shall  give,  on  admission,  a  written 
declaration,  signed  with  their  own  hands,  that  their  objed 
in  seeking  admission  to  the  school  is  to  qualify  themselves 
for  the  employment  of  public  school  teachers,  and  that  it 
is  their  intention  to  engage  in  that  employment  in  this 
state  lor  at  least  two  years. 


22 


SCHOOL  LAW. 


Scholarship 
fund. 


Proviso. 


Proviso. 


Pupils,  how  ad 
mitted. 


55a.  The  applicants  for  admission  to  the  normal  school 
shall  give,  on  admission,  a  written  obligation,  signed  by 
their  own  hands,  that  their  object  in  seeking  admission 
to  the  school  is  to  qualify  themselves  for  the  employment 
of  public  school  teachers,  and  that  it  is  their  intention  to 
engage  in  that  employment  in  this  state  for  at  least  two 
years,  or  refund  to  the  state  the  cost  of  their  tuition  ;  and, 
in  addition  to  the  annual  sum  appropriated  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  normal  school,  there  is  hereby  appropriated 
annually  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  treasury  of  the  state  in  like  manner,  which  shall 
constitute  a  scholarship  fund,  to  be  applied  as  follows : 
there  shall  be  fifty  scholarships  of  one  hundred  dollars 
each,  two  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  each  county,  to  be 
competed  for  by  the  pupils  in  the  normal  school  from 
that  county,  and  the  remainder  shall  be  open  to  free  com- 
petition by  pupils  in  the  normal  school  from  the  state  at 
large;  the  competitive  examinations  above  mentioned 
shall  be  conducted  by  the  principal  of  the  state  normal 
school  and  his  assistants  ;  fyrovided,  that  scholarships  shall 
be  awarded  to  those  pupils  only  who  shall  first  enter  into 
a  satisfactory  bond  to  the  treasurer  of  the  state,  obligating 
themselves  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state  for 
the  term  of  five  consecutive  years,  or  to  refund  the  amount 
paid  them  upon  a  failure  to  do  so  from  any  cause  save 
continued  sickness  or  death  ;  provided,  that  until  such 
system  of  scholarships  shall  be  perfected  by  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  state  normal  school,  said  scholar's  life  fund 
shall  be  paid  toward  and  for  such  purposes  connected 
with  the  state  normal  school  and  boarding  house  property 
belonging  to  the  state  as,  in  the  judgment  of  said  trustees, 
will  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  state  and  the  advantage 
of  the  cause  of  education. 

56.  At  the  opening  of  each  term  of  the  normal  school, 
the  principal,  with  his  assistants,  shall  proceed  to  examine 
applicants,  and  to  admit  to  the  school  such  as  appear  to 


SCHOOL  LAW.  23 


be  possessed  of  the  proper  qualification,  to  the  number  to 
which  each  county  may  be  entitled. 

57.  In  case  any  county  is  not  fully  represented,  addi-  7*°*?$*?' 
tional  candidates  may  be  admitted  from  other  counties, 

on  sustaining  the  requisite  examination. 

58.  The  board  of  trustees  shall  appoint  and  procure  the  Teachers,  how 
number  of  teachers  which  may  be  necessaiy  to  carry  out, appoin  L 

in  the  best  and  highest  sense,  the  purposes  and  designs  of 
this  act,  and  shall  furnish  for  the  use  of  the  pupils  the 
necessary  apparatus  and  text-books,  so  far  as  the  funds 
hereafter  to  be  named  and  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  the  school  will  allow ;  and  the  tuition  in  the  normal 
school  shall  be  gratuitous. 

59.  The  board  of  trustees  are  authorized  to  maintain  a  Model  School. 
model  school,  under  permanent  teachers,  in  which  the 

pupils  of  the  normal  school  shall  have  opportunity  to 
observe  and  practice  the  modes  of  instruction  and  disci- 
pline inculcated  in  the  normal  school,  and  in  which 
pupils  may  be  prepared  for  the  normal  school. 

60.  For  the  support  of  the  normal  school,  and  to  carry  Appropriation. 
out  the  purpose  and  designs  of  this  act,  there  is  appropri- 
ated hereby  the  annual  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars, 

to  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  state  upon  the  war- 
rant of  the  comptroller. 

60a.  The  school  year,  so  far  as  regards  the  state  normal  school  year  for 
school,  shall  hereafter  terminate  on  the  last  day  of  June. Normal  Sch°o1- 

Graded  Schools. 

61.  Any  two  or  more  districts,  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  Graded  schools 
inhabitants  at  a  meeting  regularly  called  or  advertised  by  ed.W 

the  county  superintendent,  or  superintendents  of  the 
counties  or  county  in  which  said  districts  are  situated, 
may  cause  to  be  established  and  maintained  a  graded 
school,  which  shall  be  entitled,  according  to  the  number 
of  children  in  attendance,  to  its  proper  share  of  the  state 
appropriation  and  of  the  township  school  taxes  belonging 


24 


SCHOOL  LAW. 


to  the  districts  which  have  caused  said  graded  school  to 
be  erected  ;  and  a  school  thus  established  shall  be  gov- 
erned by  a  joint  board,  combined  of  the  trustees  of  the 
combining  districts,  and  subject  to  such  regulations  as 
they  may  prescribe. 

District  Schools. 


Suitable  school 
buildings  re- 
quired. 


Time  schools 
must  be  main- 
tained.    [See 
sec.  77,  patre 
29.1 

Proviso. 


School  year. 


62.  The  inhabitants  of  every  school  district  shall  be 
required  to  provide  a  suitable  school  building  and  out- 
houses for  the  accommodation  of  their  children  ;  and  in 
case  such  buildings  are  not  provided,  or  those  already  in 
use  sTiall  be  pronounced  by  the  county  superintendent 
and  a  majority  of  the  trustees  of  said  district,  unfit  for  the 
purposes  for  which  they  are  applied,  such  district  shall  be 
deprived  of  the  benefit  of  that  part  of  the  state  appropri- 
ation derived  from  the  revenues  of  the  state  until  suitable 
buildings  shall  be  erected. 

68.  No  school  district  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any 
part  of  the  school  appropriation  which  shall  not  have 
maintained  a  public  school  for  at  least  five  months  during 
the  then  next  preceding  school  year;  provided,  that  any 
new  district,  or  a  district  in  which  the  school  is  discon- 
tinued on  account  of  the  repairing  of  an  old  or  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  school  building,  shall  not  be  deprived  of  its 
full  share  of  the  public  school  funds  on  account  of  the 
restrictions  of  this  section. 

64.  The  school  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  Sep- 
tember and  end  on  the  last  day  of  August. 


I. — REVENUE    AND  APPORTIONMENT. 


Trustees  of 
School  Fund. 


State  Appropriations. 

65.  The  governor  of  this  state,  the  president  of  the 
senate,  the  speaker  of  the  house  of  assembly,  the  attorney 
general,  the  secretary  of  state  and  the  comptroller,  and 


SCHOOL   LAW.  25 


their  successors  in  office,  be  and  they  are  hereby  consti- 
tuted and  appointed  trustees  of  the  fund  for  the  support 
of  public  schools  in  this  state,  arising  either  from  appro- 
priations heretofore  made,  or  which  may  hereafter  be 
made  by  law,  or  which  may  arise  from  the  gift.,  grant, 
bequest  or  devise  of  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever, 
which  trustees  shall  be  known  by  the  name,  style  and 
title  of  "  The  Trustees  for  the  Support  of  Public  Schools  ;" 
provided,  that  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  teacher,  trustee  Proviso. 
or  trustees  to  introduce  into  or  have  performed  in  any 
school  receiving  its  proportion  of  the  public  money,  any 
religious  service,  ceremony  or  forms  whatsoever,  except 
reading  the  Bible  and  repeating  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

66.  The  public  stocks  and  moneys  heretofore  appropri-  School  fund, 
ated  by  law  shall  constitute  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  thetuted. 
trustees  appointed  by  the  foregoing  section  of  this  act,  and 

shall  be  held  by  the  said  trustees  in  trust,  the  interest  and 
dividends  arising  therefrom  to  be  applied  by  the  said 
trustees,  or  a  majority  of  them,  for  the  support  of  public 
schools  in  this  state,  in  the  mode  now  prescribed  or  here- 
after to  be  prescribed  by  any  act  or  acts  of  the  legislature, 
and  for  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatsoever. 

67.  All  moneys  hereafter  received  from  the  sales  and  Money  derived 
rentals  of  the  land  under  water  belonging  to  this  state,  iZds*fldded  to 
shall  be  paid  over  to  the  trustees  of  the  school  funds  and achoal  fund- 
appropriated  for  the  support  of  free  public  schools,  and 

shall  be  held  by  them  in  trust  for  that  purpose,  and  shall 
be  invested  by  the  treasurer  of  the  state,  under  their 
direction,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  funds  now  held  by 
them  are  invested ;  the  same  to  constitute  a  part  of  the 
permanent  school  fund  of  the  state,  and  the  interest 
thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  support  of  public  schools,  in 
the  mode  which  now  is,  c*r  hereafter  may  be,  directed  by 
law,  and  to  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatever;  and  all 
acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  be  and  the 
same  are  hereby  repealed. 

68.  All  leases  which  shall  hereafter  be  made  of  lands 


26  SCHOOL  LAW. 


Money  derived  belonging  to  the  state,  now  or  formerly  lying  under 
added  to  school  water,  or  which  have  been  made  since  the  sixth  day  of 
April,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-one,  shall  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  trustees  of  the  school  fund  of  this  state,  and 
become  a  portion  of  the  free  school  fund  ;  and  that  the 
annual  income  arising  from  said  leases  shall  be  distrib- 
uted by  the  said  trustees  for  the  support  of  free  public 
schools,  in  the  same  manner  that  other  moneys  are  now 
distributed  for  that  purpose, 
investment  of  69.  The  fund  above  mentioned,  together  with  all  the 
moneys  which  shall  be  received  by  the  treasurer  in  pay- 
ment of  the  principal  or  interest  of  the  bank  or  turnpike 
stock  belonging  to  the  fund  for  the  support  of  free  schools, 
all  the  taxes  which  may  hereafter  be  received  into  the 
treasury  from  any  of  the  banking  and  insurance  compa- 
nies in  this  state,  the  capital  stock  of  which  now  is,  or 
hereafter  may  be,  liable  by  law  to  be  taxed,  all  appropri- 
ations to  said  funds  made  or  to  be  made  by  any  law  of 
this  state,  and  the  amount  of  all  gifts,  grants,  bequests  or 
devises  hereafter  made  by  any  person  or  persons  to  the 
said  trustees  for  the  purposes  contemplated  by  this  act, 
shall  be  invested  by  the  treasurer  of  this  state,  under  the 
direction  of  the  said  trustees,  or  a  majority  of  them,  in 
the  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  New  Jersey,  or  in 
bonds  secured  by  mortgage  en  land  in  New  Jersey,  the 
interest  thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  support  of  the  public 
schools,  in  the  mode  which  now  is  or  may  hereafter  be 
directed  by  law,  and  to  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatso- 
ever; an  account  of  the  management  of  the  said  fund 
shall  be  laid  before  the  legislature  with  the  annual  state- 
ment of  the  treasurer's  account;  and  no  compensation 
shall  be  paid  to  said  trustee  or  treasurer  for  any  services 
performed  in  pursuance  of  the  directions  of  this  act;  and 
all  investments  of  money  and  property  belonging  to  said 
fund  now  held  or  existing  in  the  name  of  "  The  Trustees 
for  the  Support  of  Free  Schools,"  are  hereby  and  shall 
hereafter  be  vested  in  and  held,  and  any  proceedings  or 


SCHOOL  LAW.  27 


action  whatever  relative  thereto  may  be  taken,  had,  made 
and  maintained  bv  said  trustees,  in  the  name  of  the  trus- 
tees  for  the  support  of  public  schools. 

70.  The  treasurer  of  this  state,  under  the  direction  of  Loans  for 
"  The  Trustees  for  the  Support  of  Free  Schools,"  is  author-  houses"  ' 
ized  to  invest  the  fund  for  the  support  of  public  schools 

in  this  state,  in  addition  to  the  securities  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  section  of  this  act,  in  the  bonds  of  the  sev- 
eral school  districts  of  this  state,  and  in  the  bonds  of  any 
city  or  municipality  of  this  state,  legally  issued  for  the 
purpose  of  building  school  houses,  either  b\T  authority  of 
special  acts  of  the  legislature  or  by  the  consent  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  district,  as  hereafter  herein  provided 
for. 

71.  The  treasurer  of  this  state  shall  annually  make  and  Report  con- 
furnish  to  the  board  of  trustees  for  the  support  of  public  ft!nd.ng  8 
schools,  on  the  first  day  of  the  stated  annual  meeting  of 

the  legislature,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  majority  of 
the  said  trustees  shall  require  the  same,  a  particular  state- 
ment of  the  school  fund,  containing  an  account  of  the 
securities  belonging  to  said  fund,  with  the  dates  of  invest- 
ment, their  value,  and  the  interest  arising  from  each 
denomination  of  securities,  together  with  an  account  of 
the  moneys  in  the  treasury  belonging  to  said  fund. 

72.  The  secretary  of  state  is  hereby  constituted  and  Secretary. 
appointed  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  trustees,  whose 

duty  it  shall  be  to  record,  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that 
purpose,  the  proceedings  of  the  said  board,  and  the  ac- 
counts to  be  furnished  by  the  treasurer  as  hereinbefore 
stated. 

73.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees  of  the  school  Appropriation 

^  of  wctiool  fund 

fund  of  this  state,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  April  to  school, 
in  every  year,  to  appropriate  out  of  the  annual  income  for 
the  support  of  the  public  schools  the  sum  of  forty  thou- 
sand dollurs ;  and  if  the  annual  income  of  said  fund  shall 
not  have  been  received  ih  full,  or  shall  be  insufficient  for 
that  purpose,  then  the  said  trustees  are  hereby  authorized 


28 


SCHOOL  LAW. 


Appropriation, 
how  paid. 


and  empowered  to  draw  for  any  sum  necessary  to  make 
up  the  deficiency,  by  warrant,  signed  by  the  comptroller, 
upon  the  treasurer  of  the  state,  who  is  directed  to  pay  the 
same;  which  sum,  so  drawn  from  the  treasury  aforesaid, 
shall  be  replaced  by  the  annual  income  of  said  school 
fund  so  soon  as  the  same  shall  be  received. 
Appropriation  74.  From  the  revenue  of  the  state  the  sum  of  sixty 
nue  to  schools,  thousand  dollars  per  annum  shall  be  appropriated,  in 
addition  to  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  from  the 
annual  income  of  the  school  fund,  as  mentioned  in  the 
preceding  section  of  this  act. 

75.  The  trustees  of  the  school  fund  of  this  state  shall 
have  authority  to  divide  the  aforesaid  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  into  two  or  more  annual  install- 
ments, which  shall  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  to  the 
several  county  collectors,  on  the  warrants  of  the  state 
comptroller. 

76.  For  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expenses  of  teach- 
ers' institutes,  the  procuring  of  teachers  and  lecturers  for 
said  institutes,  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  the  same,' 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  schools  may  draw  upon 
the  treasurer  of  this  state  for  a  sum  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  any  one  institute,  and  the  said  amount 
may  be  paid  annually  thereafter,  in  like  manner,  to  one 
teachers'  institute  in  any  county,  or  in  any  two  or  more 
adjoining  counties  of  this  state,  the  same  to  be  paid  by 
the  treasurer  out  of  the  revenue  of  the  state. 


Teachers'  In- 
stitutes. 


Taxation. 


Two  mill  tax, 
how  assessed 
and  collected. 


77.  For  the  purpose  of  maintaining  free  public  schools 
there  shall  be  assessed,  levied  and  collected  annually  on 
the  inhabitants  of  this  state,  and  upon  the  taxable  real 
and  personal  property  therein,  as  exhibited  by  the  last 
abstracts  of  ratables  from  the  several  counties,  made  out 
by  the  several  boards  of  assessors,  and  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  a  state  school  tax  of 


SCHOOL   LAW.  29 


two  mills  on  each  dollar  of  valuation  contained  in  said 
abstracts,  which  tax  shall  be  assessed,  levied  and  collected 
at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  in  which  other 
state  taxes  are  assessed,  levied  and  collected,  and  shall  be 
in  lieu  of  all  township  school  taxes  imposed  by  this  act ; 
but  if  the  moneys  received  by  any  township  from  the  tax 
imposed  by  this  act  shall  not  be  sufficient  to  maintain 
free  schools  for  at  least  nine  months  in  each  year,  then  School  nine 
the  inhabitants  thereof  shall  raise  by  township  tax  such 
additional  amount  as  they  may  need  for  that  purpose,  in  Township 
the  same  manner  as  such  taxes  have  heretofore  been8' 
raised  ;  and  if  the  inhabitants  of  any  township,  at  their 
annual  town  meeting,  shall  not  provide  for  the  raising  of 
such  necessary  additional  amount,  then  the  county  super- 
intendent of  the  county  wherein  such  township  is  situ- 
ated shall,  unless  the  state  board  of  education  shall,  for 
good  cause  shown,  otherwise  direct,  withhold  from  such 
township  all  that  part  of  the  state  appropriation  derived 
from  the  revenue  of  this  state,  and  shall  apportion  and 
distribute  the  same  among  such  of  the  townships  in  said 
county  as  shall  have  complied  with  the  requirements  of 
this  act. 

78.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller  aforesaid  to  Tax  apportiou- 
apportiou  the  said  tax,  and  at  the  rate  aforesaid,  among  trailer  andPA8. 
the  several  counties  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  tax-' 
able  real  and  personal  estate  of  said  counties  respectively, 
as  shown  by  the  abstracts  respectively,  as  aforesaid  ;  and 
it  shall  be  his  further  duty  to  transmit,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  May  of  each  year,  to  the  county  collector  of 
each  county,  a  statement  of  the  amount  of  said  tax  appor- 
tioned to  said  county,  and  said  county  collector  shall  lay 
said  statement  before  the  board  of  assessors  of  the  town- 
ships and  wards  within  his  county,  at  their  next  annual 
meeting  to  apportion  the  taxes  among  said  townships  and 
wards,  and  said  assessors  shall  thereupon  proceed  to 
apportion  said  school  taxes  as  other  taxes  are  apportioned, 
and  to  assess  the  same  according  to  law. 


eessors. 


30 


SCHOOL  LAW. 


State  tax,  when 
paid. 


State  Su  perin 
tendent  to  ap- 
portion to 
counties. 


Proviso. 


Proviso 


County  Super- 
intendents to 
apportion  to 
townships  and 
districts. 


Proviso. 


79.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  collectors  of  the 
several  counties  of  this  state  to  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  this 
state  the  quotas  clue  from  their  respective  counties  of  the 
taxes  imposed  by  this  act,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
January,  annually,  next  ensuing  the  assessment  thereof. 

80.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  under  the  direction  of  the  trustees  of 
the  school  fund,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January  of 
each  and  every  year,  to  apportion  the  moneys  received 
from  the  tax  imposed  by  this  act,  among  the  several 
counties  of  this  state,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 
children  included  in  the  last  published  school  census  of 
the  said  counties  respectively;  provided,  that  all  the 
children  residing  in  fractional  districts,  situated  in  two  or 
more  adjoining  counties,  shall  be  included  in  the  census 
of  that  county  in  which  the  fraction  containing  the  school 
house  is  situated  ;  and  it  shall  be  his  further  duty,  on  or 
before  the  tenth  day  of  January  of  each  and  every  year, 
to  draw  orders  on  the  comptroller  of  tlie  treasury,  and  in 
favor  of  the  county  collectors,  for  the  payment  of  the 
money  thus  apportioned,  and  the  said  county  collectors 
shall  apply  for  and  be  entitled  to  receive  the  moneys  thus 
apportioned  as  soon  as  the  orders  for  the  same  are  re- 
ceived ;  and  provided  further,  that  no  portion  of  said 
moneys  shall  be  apportioned  to  or  be  used  for  the  support 
of  sectarian  schools. 

81.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  each  county  to  apportion  to  the  several  townships  of 
his  countv,  and  to  the  towns  and  cities  therein  not  in- 
eluded  in  said  township,  and  also  to  the  several  school 
districts,  the  state  school  money,  together  with  the  interest 
of  the  surplus  revenue  belonging  to  said  county,  and  such 
other  moneys  as  may  be  raised  for  school  purposes,  upon 
the  basis  of  the  last  published  school  census;  provided, 
that  all  the  children  residing  in  fractional  districts  sit- 
uated in  two  or  more  adjoining  townships,  shall,  be 
included  in  the  census  of  that  township  in  which  the 


SCHOOL  LAW.  .  81 


fraction  containing  the  school-house  is  situated;  and  pro-  Proviso. 
vided  also,  that  no  districts,  except  those  which  have  less 
than  fortv-five  children,  shall  receive  less  than  three 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars ;  and  it  shall  be  his  further 
duty,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  February  of  each  and 
every  year,  to  draw  orders  on  the  county  collector,  and  in 
favor  of  the  township  collectors  and  city  treasurers  of  his 
county,  for  the  payment  of  said  moneys  so  apportioned, 
and  said  collectors  and  treasurers  shall  apply  for  and  be 
entitled  to  receive  the  same  as  soon  as  such  orders  are 
received. 

82.  The    state    comptroller,   annually,   after    having  state  Snperin- 
received  from  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc-OTderain^vor 
tion  a  statement  of  the  apportionment  of  the  state  appro-  fectoreIlty  Co' 
priation  among  the  several  counties,  shall  draw  his  war- 
rant on  the  state  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  county  collector 

of  any  county  for  the  portions  to  which  said  county  is 
entitled,  whenever  such  county  collector  shall  present  an 
order  for  the  same  drawn  by  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  in  favor  of  such  county. 

83.  The  county  collector  of  each  county  shall  receive  county  Super- 
and  hold  in  trust  that  part  of  the  state  appropriation  JlSwoSlraSi 
belonging  to  his  county,  and  shall  pav  out  the  same  to  fay°rofTown- 

,  8nlP  Collectors. 

the  collectors  of  the  several  townships,  and  to  the  city 
treasurer  of  the  cities  of  his  county,  only  on  the  orders  of 
the  county  superintendent;  provided,  that  in  townships  Proviso. 
where  there  are  less  than  two  hundred  children  between 
the  ages  of  five  and  eighteen,  the  inhabitants  may  raise 
such  a  sum  per  child  as  will  be  sufficient  to  maintain 
their  schools. 

84.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  township  collector  ofTownship  Coi- 
each  township  to  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all  school-school  moneys 
moneys  belonging  to  the  township  or  to  any  of  the  dis-lntru8t' 
tricts  thereof,  whether  received  from  the  state  appropria- 
tion, from  township  or  district  tax,  or  from  other  sources, 

and  to  pay  out  the  same  only  on  the  orders  of  the  district 
clerks  of  the  several  districts  of  his  township,  which  order 


32  .  SCHOOL   LAW 


shall  specify  the  object  for  which  it  is  given,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  at  least  one  other  trustee  beside  said  clerk,  and 
shall  be  made  payable  to  the  order  of  and  be  indorsed  by 
the  person  entitled  to  receive  it,  and  he  shall,  on  the 
order  of  the  township  committee,  pay  over  any  balance 
of  school  funds  remaining  in  his  hands,  to  his  successor 
To  keep  nc-     in  office,  and  he  shall  procure  a  suitable  book,  in  which 
school*  moneys,  he  shall  keep  a  separate  account  with  each  school  district 
in  his  township,  crediting  each  with  the  amounts  appor- 
tioned   to   it   by   the    county   superintendent,   and    the 
amount  raised  by  tax  in  the  district,  and  charging  each 
with  the  orders  paid  for  said  district,  and  he  shall  pre- 
Reportto        sent  his  accounts  to  be  examined  and  settled   by  the 
Committee  and  township  committee  at  the  close  of  the  year,  a  copy  of 
to  County  Su-  -yvhicli  settlement,  certified  bv  the  committee,  showing  the 

penntendent.  J  o 

amounts  received,  the  amounts  expended  by  him  for 
school  purposes  during  the  year  (and  the  balance  remain- 
ing in  his  hands) ;  he  shall  transmit  said  copy  within  ten 
days  to  the  county  superintendent,  and  another  copy  of 
the  same  he  shall  file  with  the  clerk  of  the  township,  and 
as  compensation  for  such  service  the  township  collector 

Compensation,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  three-fourths  of  one  per 
centum  on  all  school  funds  received  and  paid  out  by 
him,  for  such  purposes  during  the  year,  to  be  paid  by  the 
township  committee  from  the  funds  of  the  township. 

Fractional  dis-  85.  All  school-moneys  belonging  to  fractional  districts 
shall  be  held,  subject  to  the  order  of  the  trustees,  by  the 
collector  of  that  township  in  which  the  fraction  contain- 
ing the  school-house  is  situated. 

Cities  and  dis-      86.  In  addition  to  the  tax  imposed  by  the  seventy - 

schooimtaxralSe  seventh  section  of  this  act,  each  city  and  school  district 
may  raise  by  tax  such  other  sums  of  mone}7  as  they  may 
need  for  school  purposes,  in  the  following  manner,  unless 
otherwise  authorized  by  any  special  act  applicable  to 
such  city  school  district : 

The  legal  voters  of  such  district  are  hereby  authorized 
and  required  to  meet  on  the  Tuesday  of  the  week  follow- 


SCHOOL  LAW.  33 


ing  the  annual  town  meeting,  for  the  purpose  of  deter- Annual  district 
mining  what  additional  school  tax,  if  any,  shall  be  levied  dering  school 
upon  the  district ;  said  meeting  shall  be  held  at  some  con-  ax 
venient  public  place  within  the  district,  and  notice 
thereof,  setting  forth  the  time,  place,  and  object  of  such 
meeting  and  the  amount  of  money  desired  to  be  raised, 
shall  be  given  by  the  district  clerk,  and  set  up  in  at  least 
three  public  places  within  the  district,  ten  days  before  the 
day  of  meeting ;  and  the  said  inhabitants  so  met,  shall 
have  power,  by  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  those  present, 
to  authorize  the  trustees  of  said  district  to  purchase  land 
for  school  purposes,  to  build,  enlarge,  or  repair  a  school- 
house  or  school-houses,  and  to  borrow  money  therefor,  or 
to  sell  or  mortgage  a  school-house  or  school-houses,  and 
to  raise  by  taxation  for  these  purposes,  or  to  pay  a  debt 
of  the  district  incurred  for  such  purposes,  and  for  the 
current  expenses  of  the  school  or  schools,  such  sum  of 
money  as  a  majority  of  the  inhabitants  so  assembled  shall 
agree  to ;  and  in  case  any  money  shall  be  ordered,  by  a 
vote  of  a  majority  of  said  meeting,  to  be  raised  by  taxa- 
tion, the  district  clerk  shall  make  out  and  sign  a  certifi- 
cate thereof,  under  oath  or  affirmation,  that  the  same  is 
correct  and  true,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  assessor  or 
assessors  of  the  township  or  townships  in  which  said  dis- 
trict is  situate,  and  to  the  county  superintendent,  which 
said  assessor  or  assessors  shall  assess  on  the  inhabitants 
of  said  school  district  and  their  estates,  and  the  taxable 
property  therein,  in  the  same  manner  as  township  taxes 
are  assessed,  such  sum  of  money  as  shall  have  been 
ordered  to  be  raised  by  the  said  meeting,  in  the  manner 
aforesaid  ;  and  said  money  shall  be  assessed,  levied,  and 
i  collected  at  the  time  and  in  the  manner  that  other  town- 
ship moneys  are  assessed,  levied,  and  collected;  and  it 
shall  he  the  duty  of  the  collector  or  collectors  of  the 
township  or  townships  in  which  said  district  is  situate,  to 
pay  over  all  moneys  by  him  or  them  received,  which 
shall  have  been  assessed  by  virtue  of  such  a  vote  of  a 

3 


34  SCHOOL  LAW. 


district  meeting  as  aforesaid,  on  the  order  of  the  district 
clerk  of  said  district,  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  directed 

Proviso.  by  the  district  meeting  so  held  as  aforesaid ;  provided,  that 
whenever  any  district  school  meeting  shall  be  held  as 
aforesaid,  or  at  the  call  of  the  trustees,  as  provided  in  the 
eleventh  division  of  the  thirty-ninth  section  of  this  act, 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  such  meeting  to  order  a  greater 
sum  of  money  to  be  raised  by  district  tax  than  shall  have 
been  mentioned  and  designated  in  the  notice  of  such 
meeting  set  up  in  the  manner  required  by  law;  and  pro- 

Proviso.  vided  further,  that  whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  trus- 

tees of  any  district  it  shall  be  necessary  to  levy  a  district 
tax  for  school  purposes,  the  district  clerk  thereof  shall 
not  set  up  the  notices  directed  to  be  given  as  aforesaid. 

Districts  may  87.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  inhabitants  of  each  dis- 
trict, when  met  in  conformity  to  the  provisions  of  the 
preceding  section  of  this  act,  and  the  inhabitants  so  met 
shall  have  power,  by  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  those 
present,  to  authorize  the  trustees^  for  the  purpose  of  build- 
ing a  school-house  or  school-houses  in  such  district,  to 
issue  the  bonds  of  the  district  in  the  corporate  name  of 
such  district,  in  such  sums  and  in  such  amounts,  and 
payable  at  such  times  as  the  said  inhabitants  so  met  may 
direct,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  centum  per 
annum,  payable  half-yearly,  which  bonds  shall  be  signed 
by  the  trustees  of  such  district  and  attested  by  the  clerk, 
under  the  seal  of  the  district,  and  the  bonds  so  issued 
shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  property  of  the  said  district. 

Bonds  a  Hen        88.  The  bonds  of  the  several  school  districts  of  this 

upon  districts.  ^^  heretofore  0r  hereafter  legally  issued  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  school-houses,  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the 
real  and  personal  estates  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  said 
districts,  as  well  as  the  property  of  the  said  districts ;  and 
the  property  of  the  inhabitants  as  well  as  the  property  of 
the  districts,  shall  be  liable  for  the  payment  of  the  same; 

Proviso.  provided,  such  bonds  are  seven  per  centum  bonds,  and  the 
interest  is  payable  semi-annually,  and  coupons  shall  be 


SCHOOL  LAW.  35 


attached  thereto ;  and  that  in  all  cases  copies  of  all  papers 
and  proceedings  authorizing  the  issuing  of  such  bonds 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  attorney -general  for  his  approval 
of  the  legality  of  the  same,  who  shall  receive  such  com- 
pensation for  the  examination  of  the  same  as  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  trustees  for  the  support  ,of  public  schools, 
which  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  districts  seeking  such 
loan. 

89.  Whenever  any  district  shall  order  and  authorize  Assessments 
the  issue  of  bonds,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  it  shall  bej££H?nt8 
the  duty  of  the  district  clerk  of  such  district,  each  and 

every  year,  to  issue  the  warrant  of  the  district,  signed  by 
the  trustees,  and  attested  by  the  clerk  under  the  seal  of 
the  district,  to  the  assessor  or  assessors  of  the  township  or 
townships  in  which  such  district  is  situate,  directing  him 
to  assess  upon  the  inhabitants  of  said  school  district,  and 
their  estates  and  the  taxable  property  therein,  an  amount 
sufficient  to  pay  the  bond  or  bonds  of  the  district  ma- 
turing in  such  year,  together  with  the  interest  accruing 
upon  the  whole  issue  of  the  unpaid  bonds  of  such  district, 
which  warrant  so  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  executed  in 
the  same  way  and  manner  as  is  provided  by  the  eighty- 
sixth  section  of  this  act. 

90.  The  several  townships  in  this  state  are  authorized  interest  of  sur 
and  required  to  appropriate  the  interest  of  the  surplus  lipp^rkted 
revenue  received  by  them,  and  from  other  funds  not t0  *('hools- 
raised  by  tax,  such  sums  for  the  support  of  the  public- 
schools  as  they  shall  order  and  direct  at  their  annual 

town  meetings,  in  addition  to  the  amount  received  from 
the  state  appropriation  and  the  amount  which  they  raise 
by  tax. 

J. — MISCELLANEOUS. 

91.  Not  more  than  twenty  dollars  annually,  of  the  Twenty  dollars 
school-moneys  received  by  any  school  district,  except  t01"u"U  !,k 
such  as  may  be  raised  within  the  district,  shall  be  used 


36  SCHOOL  LAW. 


for  any  other  purpose  than  the  payment  of  teachers'  sala- 
ries and  for  purchasing  fuel. 
Power  of  with      92.  In  case  any  school  district  or  city  shall  use  any  of 
money.   [See  the  school-money  apportioned  to  it  for  any  other  than 
2G  am" 77, 'pp.a  public  school  purposes,  such  district  or  city  shall  forfeit 
5^7, 10  and      out  0^  ^e  next  annual  apportionment  a  sum  equal  to 
twice  the  amount  thus  used ;  and  it  shall  be  the  dutv  of 
the  county  superintendent  to  reapportion  the  money  thus 
forfeited   among   the   other   districts   and   cities   of    his 
proviso.  county ;  provided,  the  state  superintendent  may  remit  such 

penalty  for  cause. 
Penalty  tor  93.  in  case  0f  the  failure  of  any  district  clerk  or  city 

failure  by  Dis-  J 

trict  cierk  to  superintendent  to  send  his  annual  report  to  the  county 
superintendent  of  his  count}'  in  the  form  prescribed  on  or 
before  the  first  of  September,  such  county  superintendent 
sh  all  make  up  his  report  for  such  district  or  city  from  the 
last  published  report  of  the  state  superintendent;  in 
making  up  such  report,  however,  he  shall  deduct  one- 

Prov'mo.  fifth  from  the  school  census;  provided,  however,  that  all 

such  cases  of  delay  or  negligence  shall  be  reported  to  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  investigate  the  same,  and  to  restore  the  num- 
ber deducted  from  the  school  census  in  all  cases,  when  he 
receives  satisfactory  reasons  for  such  delay  or  negligence. 

Tuition  fees  04.  After  the  expiration  of  the  present  school  year  it 
shall  not  be  lawful  to  charge  tuition  fees  for  the  support 
of  public  schools  in  this  state,  but  that  all  such  schools 
shall  be  free  to  all  persons  over  five  and  under  eighteen 
years  of  age  residing  within  the  district,  so  long  as  such 
schools  can  be  thus  maintained  with  the  public  school 
funds. 

Library  appro  95.  The  treasurer  of  the  state,  upon  the  order  of  the 
state  superintendent  of  education,  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  pay  over  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  out  of 
any  money  that  may  be  in  the  public  treasury  to  every 
school  district,  which  shall  raise  by  subscription  a  like 
sum  for  the  same  purpose,  to  establish  within  such  dis- 


SCHOOL   LAW.  37 


trict  a  school  library,  and  to  procure  philosophical  and 
chemical  apparatus,  and  the  further  sum  of  ten  dollars 
annually,  upon  a  like  order,  to  the  said  districts,  upon 
condition  that  they  shall  have  raised  by  subscription  a 
like  sum  for  such  year,  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 

96.  The  selection  of  books  and  apparatus  shall  be  ap-  Selection  of 

Y  books. 

proved  by  the  school  trustees  of  such  district. 

•97.    The  school  trustees   of  each   district  shall  make  Rule*. 
proper  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management,  use, 
and  safe  keeping  of  such  libraries. 

98.  No  teacher  shall  be  permitted  to  inflict  corporal  Corporal  pun- 

1  L  ishnient  forbid- 

punishment  upon  any  child  in  any  school  in  this  state.     Jen. 

99.  The  county  superintendent   shall  have  power  to  County  Super- 
administer  all  necessary  oaths  or  affirmations  to  district  tborized  to  nd- 
clerks  and  other  school  officers,  for  which  he  shall  receive  mn 

no  compensation. 

100.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  of  a  general  character  Repealer. 
on  the  subject  of  public  schools  and  of  the  normal  school 

and  its  appropriations  passed  before  the  twenty-first  day 
of  March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-seven, 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  repealed. 
Approved  March  27th,  1874. 


A  Supplement  to  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  relative  to  the 
attendance  of  children  at  School,"  approved  March 
twenty-seventh,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-four. 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  ofchiidren  shall 
tlie  State  of  New  Jersey,  That  every  parent,  guardian  or  twelve ^eeka 
other  person  having  control  and  charge  of  any  child  be- 1,°  teinBtruct- 
tween  the  ages  of  eight  and  fourteen  years,  shall  caus< ■  ;.'iiii;'(! .  !'^'Mllor 
guch  child  to  attend  some  public  or  private  school,  at 
least  twelve  weeks  in  each  year,  six  weeks  at   least  of 


:;s  SCHOOL  LAW. 


which  attendance  shall  be  consecutive ;  or  to  be  instructed 
at  home  at  least  twelve  weeks  in  each  year,  in  the 
branches  of  education  commonly  taught  in  the  public 
schools,  unless  the  physical  or  mental  condition  of  the 
child  is  such  as  to  render  such  attendance  inexpedient  or 
impracticable. 
Penalty  for  2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  any  person  failing  to  comply 

anceC°mp  *      with  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall,  on  written  notice  of 
such  failure  from-  the  district  clerk  of  the  school  district, 
or  the  person  designated  by  the  board  of  education  of  the 
city  where  such  offense  has  occurred,  forfeit  for  the  first 
offense,  and  pay  to  the  township  collector  or  city  treas- 
urer, the  sum  of  two  dollars ;  and  after  such  first  offense, 
shall,  for  each  succeeding  offense  in  the  same  year,  forfeit 
and  pay  to  the  township  collector  or  city  treasurer,  the 
sum  of  three  dollars  for  each  and  every  week,  not  exceed- 
ing twelve  weeks  in  any  one  year,  during  which  they, 
after  written  notice  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  failed  to  com- 
ply with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Duties  of  the        3.  And  be  it  enacted-,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
of  e  [eh  school  district  clerk  of  each  school  district,  and  of  some  person 
distner.  jn  each  cjty  to  be  selected  by  the  city  board  of  education; 

to  report  to  the  township  collector  of  the  township  or  city 
treasurer  of  the  city  where  the  offense  has  occurred,  the 
names  of  all  parents,  guardians  or  other  persons  who  fail 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act;  and  the  officer 
to  whom  such  report  is  made,  shall  proceed  to  collect  the 
penalties  imposed  by  this  act,#in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction,  in  the  county  in  which  such  city,  town, 
township  or  school  district  may  be  situated ;  the  said  pen- 
alties, when  paid,  to  be  added  to  the  public  school  money 
of  said  school  district  in  which  the  offense  occurred ; 
Proviso.  provided,  this  law  shall  not  be  operative  in  those  school 
districts  of  the  state  where  there  are  not  sufficient  accom- 
modations to  seat  the  children  compelled  to  attend  school 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
Repealer.  4.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts 


SCHOOL  LAW.  39 


inconsistent  with  this  act,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 
Approved  April  9,  1875. 


A  Supplement  to  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  establish  a 
system  of  public  instruction,"  approved  March  twenty- 
first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-seven. 

Whereas,  it  is  required  by  section  eighty  of  the  act  to  Preamble. 
which  this  is  a  supplement,  that  all  district  school 
taxes  shall  be  assessed,  levied  and  collected  at  the  time 
and  in  the  manner  that  other  township  taxes  are 
assessed,  levied  and  collected :  and  whereas,  by  section 
thirty  of  the  act  entitled  "A  further  supplement  to 
the  act  concerning  taxes,"  approved  April  eleventh, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six,  it  is  provided  that  the 
several  assessors  and  collectors  of  the  townships  and 
wards  of  this  state  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  twelve 
cents,  and  no  more,  for  each  name  on  their  respective 
duplicates  for  assessing,  levying  and  collecting  all  the 
taxes  by  them  assessed  and  collected ;  provided,  that  no  Proviso, 
name  occurring  on  the  duplicate  more  than  once  be 
counted  more  than  as  one  man  ;  therefore, 

1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  Compensation 
the  State  of  New  Jersey,  That  the  several  assessors  and  col-  and  CoHectors. 
lectors  of  the  townships  and  wards  of  this  state  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  five  cents  and  no  more  for  each  name 

for  assessing,  levying  and  collecting  district  school  taxes. 

2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  in  the  cities  and  towns  of  this  Compensation, 
state,  where  boards  of  education  are  established  under  05iesPandm 
their  charters  or  by  special  acts,  when  the  assessors  or ^° j8^f  elu- 
persons  appointed  by  the  board  of  education,  are  required  ^-''j,;1 

to  take  the  census  of  children  within  the  school  age,  the 
said  assessors  or  persons  appointed  by  the  board  of  edu- 


40  SCHOOL   LAW. 


cation  shall  be  allowed  at  the  rate  of  five  cents  per  name 
for  taking  said  census,  to  be  paid  by  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  said  city  or  town. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  im- 
mediately. 

Approved  April  8,  1875. 


A  Supplement  to  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  establish  a 
system  of  public  instruction,"  approved  March  twenty- 
seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-four. 

Trustees  for  the  1-  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of 
Shook  may the  Sfate  °f  New  Jersey,  That  the  "  Trustees  for  the  support 
purchase  and    0f  public  schools"  be  and  they  are  herebv  authorized  and 

hold  lauds  and        r  t  J  J 

premises  sold    empowered  to  bid  for  and  purchase  any  lands  and  prem- 

to  satisfy  r  sr  j  e 

claim,  held  by  ises  exposed  to  sale  under  the  order  and  decree  of  any 
court,  for  the  payment  and  satisfaction  of  any  mortgage 
encumbrance  thereon  held  by  the  said  trustees,  and  to 
take  and  hold  the  title  to  the  lands  and  premises  so  pur- 
chased in  and  by  their  official  name,  style  and  title,  and 
as  part  of  the  assets  of  the  school  fund  of  New  Jersey ; 
Proviso.         provided,  that  said  trustees  shall  not  bid  a  higher  price 
for  such  lands  and  premises  than  shall  be  sufficient  to 
save  the  amount  due  upon  their  said  mortgage  encum- 
brance and  costs,  the  taxed  costs  attending  such  proceed- 
ings and  sale,  if  any,  to  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  of  this 
state  out  of  the  state  funds,  on  warrant  of  the  comptroller 
and  not  out  of  the  school  fund. 
May  sell  and        2.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  the  said  "Trustees  for  the 
lands  and  "      support  of  public  schools,"  be  and  they  are  hereby  em- 
purchased0      powered  and  directed  to  sell  and  convey  to  any  purchaser 
any  lands   and    premises  by  them    acquired  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  at  such  time,  for  such  prices  and 
on  such  terms  of  payment  as  the  governor  of  this  state 


SCHOOL  LAW.  41 


for  the  time  being  shall,  in  writing  under  his  hand, 
approve,  and  the  consideration  received  therefor  shall  be 
assets  of  the  school  fund  of  this  state. 

3.  And  be  it  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  im- 
mediately. 

Approved  April  9,  1875. 


lis- 


Ax  Act  concerning  Disorderly  Persons.     (Revision.) 

7.  Any    person  who  shall  enter  the  buildings   or  go  Persona  injur- 
upon  the  lands  belonging  to  any  public  school  district  of  Mrtvor'dis"^ 
this  state  or  used  and  occupied  for  school  purposes  by  a'Sud^ed^0'* 
any  public  school  in  this  state,  and  shall  break,  injure  orderly. 
or  deface  such  building  or  any  part  thereof,  or  the  fences 
or  outhouses  belonging  to  or  connected  with  such  build- 
ing or  lands,  or  shall  disturb  the  exercises  of  such  public 
school,  or  molest  or  give  annoyance  to  the  children  at- 
tending such  school,  or  any  teacher   therein,   shall  be 
deemed  and  adjudged  to  be  a  disorderly  person,  and  may 
be  apprehended  in  the  manner  hereafter  described  in  this 
act,  and  taken   before  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the 
county  where  such  person  may  be  apprehended ;   and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  justice  to  commit  such 
disorderly  person,  when  convicted  before  him  by  the  con- 
fession of  the  offender,  or  by  the  oath  or  affirmation  of 
one  or  more  witness  or  witnesses,  to  the  county  jail  of  Penalty. 
such  county,  there  to  be  kept  at  hard  labor  for  any  term 
not  exceeding  thirty  days. 

Approved  April  9,  1875. 


Blanks  and  Forms 


FOR 


SCHOOL  OFFICERS. 


BLANKS  .AJSTD  FOBMS 
FOR    SCHOOL    OFFICERS 


The  following  Forms  have  been  prepared  for  the  use  of  all 
officers  having  duties  to  discharge  under  the  School  Law.  If 
generally  used,  it  is  believed  they  will  contribute  much  toward 
securing  uniformity  and  correctness  in  the  transaction  of  finan- 
cial and  general  school  business.  With  the  exception  of  a  few  of 
the  most  important,  those  in  which  particular  care  and  fullness 
are  required,  the  greatest  conciseness  and  brevity  have  been 
aimed  at.  The  literal  use  of  these  Forms  is  in  no  case  essential 
to  the  validity  of  a  school  instrument.  Any  Form  may  be  used 
which  clearly  expresses  the  objects  designed,  or  the  intention  of 
the  parties  interested,  and  conforms  in  all  respects  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  law,  but  as  those  annexed  have  been  prepared  with 
strict  reference  to  these  necessary  conditions,  their  use  is  recom- 
mended. The  blank  spaces  are  to  be  filled  to  meet  the  varying 
circumstances  in  each  case.  These  Forms  have  been  submitted 
to,  and  approved  by,  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

ELLIS  A.  APGAR, 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  Sec'y  of  the  State  Board. 


No.  1. — Order  for  County  Superintendent's  Salary. 

No. .  Office  of  State  Superintendent,  1 

Trenton,  N.  J., ,  IS .      J 

To  the  Collector  of County  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of ,  County  Superintendent  of 

—  County, rrro  Dollars,  being  the  amount  of  salary  due 

to ,  18- 


§ .  ,  State  Superintendent. 


\o.  2. — Order  for  County  Superintendent's  Expenses. 

No. .  Department  of  Public  Instruction, 

Trenton,  N.  J., ,  18 . 

To  the  Collector  of County  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of ,  County  Superintendent  of 

County,  fo5  Dollars,  being  the  amount    due  for 

expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties  from 

,  18—,  to ,  18 . 

g .  ,  State  Superintendent. 


Note. — The  amount  for  expenses  cannot  exceed  $300. 


4S  BLANKS  AND  FORMS. 


No.  3. — Order  on  Comptroller  for  the  State  Appropriation  of  $100,000. 

No. .  Department  of  Public  Instruction,  \ 

Trenton,  N.  J., ,  18 .      J 

To  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey : 

Pay  to  the  order  of  the  Collector  of County, yq~0 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  apportioned  for  the  support  of  Public 
Schools  in  said  County,  out  of  the  State  Appropriation  of  $100,000, 

for  the  year  18 . 

S .  ,  State  Superintendent. 


No.  4. — Order  on  the  Comptroller  for  the  Two  Mill  State  Appropriation. 

No. .  Department  of  Public  Instruction,  \ 

Trenton,  N.  J., ,  18 .      / 

To  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey : 

Pay  to  the  order  of  the  Collector  of County, foo 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  apportioned  for  the  support  of  Public 
Schools  in  said  County,  out  of  the  State  School  Tax,  for  the  vear 

18 . 

$ .  ,  State  Superintendent. 


No.  5. —  Order  on  County  Collector  for  State  Appropriation  of  $100,000. 

No. Office  of  County  Superintendent, 

,  N.  J., ,  18 . 

To  the  Collector  of County  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of  the  Collector  of Township, j^To 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  apportioned  out  of  the  State  Appropri- 
ation of  $100,000,  for  the  support  of  Public  Schools  in  said  County, 

for  the  year  18 . 

$ . ,  County  Superintendent. 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  49 


No.  6. — Order  on  County  Collector  for  the  Two  Mill  State  Appropria- 
tion. 

No. .  Office  of  County  Superintendent, 

,  N.  J, ,  18 . 

To  the  Collector  of  County  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of  the  Collector  of Township, ln0 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  apportioned  out  of  the  State  School 
Tax  for  the  support  of  Public  Schools  in  said  County,  for  the 

year  18 . 

S . ,  County  Superintendent. 


No.  7. — Order  on  County  Collector  for  the  Interest  of  Surplus  Revenue. 

No. .  Office  of  County  Superintendent,  1 

,  N.J., ,18 .  / 

To  the  Collector  of County  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of  the  Collector  of Township, r^ 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  apportioned  out  of  the  Interest  of  the 
Surplus  Revenue,  for  the  support  of  Public"Schools  in  said  County 

for  the  year  18 . 

£ . ,  County  Superintendent. 


No.  8. — Order  for  County  Examiner's  Salary. 

No. .  Office  of  County  Superintendent,  ) 

,  N.  J., ,  1 8 .  / 

To  the  Collector  of County : 

Pay  to  the  order  of ,  County  Examiner, ,  „  g 

Dollars,  being  the  amount  due  him  for  services  rendered  at  the 
session  of  the  Board  of  County  Examiners,  and  for  travel- 
ing expenses,  in  accordance  with  section  49  of  the  School  Law. 

£ . ,  County  Superintendent 

4 


50  BLANKS  AND  FORMS 


No.  9. — Application  for  State  Aid  to  Establish  a  School  Library. 


,  N.  J., ,  18 . 

To  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  : 

Sir: — We,  the  undersigned,  Trustees  of  School  District  No. 

,  of  the  Township  of ,  County  of ,  State  of 

New  Jersey,  do  hereby  certify,  that  there  has  been  raised  in  our 
District,  by  subscription,  the  sum  of Dollars,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  establishing  a  School  Library  within  our  District,  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  95  of  the  Revised  School 
Law.  And  we  therefore  request  you  to  send  an  order  for  the 
amount  due  us  from  the  State  in  accordance  with  the  further 
provisions  of  said  act. 

-,  D.  C. 

Trustee*. 


Note. — The  first  appropriation  is  twenty  dollars,  and  subsequent  ones  ten  dollars. 


No.  10. — Order  for  Library  Appropriation. 

Xo. .  Department  op  Public  Instruction,  \ 

Trenton,  N.  J., ,  18 .     J 

To  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey : 

It  having  been  certified  to  me  that  the  sum  of Dollars 

has  been  raised  by  subscription  in  District  No. ,  of  the 

County  of ,  State  of  New  Jersey,  in  accordance  with  the 

provisions  of  Section  95  of  the  Revised  School  Law,  therefore  you 
will  pay  to  the  order  of ,  District  Clerk  of  said  Dis- 
trict, the  sum  of Dollars,  to  be  used  only  for  the  purposes 

specified  in  said  act. 

$ .  ,  State  Superintendent. 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  51 


No.  11. — Order  on  Township  Collector  for  Teacher's  Salary. 


No. .  ,  N.  J., ,  IS 

To , Township  Collector  for  the  Township  of , 

County  of ,  State  of  New  Jersey  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of ,  Teacher,  ,  0  0  Dollars, 

being  the  amount  of  Salary  due for  teaching  our  Public 

School  from ,  18 ,  to ,  18 . 


-,  D.  c.  i 


Trustees  of 

,  District  No. 

)      County  of 


I  hereby  certify  that ,  the  Teacher  in  whose  favor 

this  order  is  drawn,  is  in  possession  of  a  Teacher's  Certificate,  in 

full  force  and  effect,  and  that has  properly  kept  the  School 

Register  as  required  by  law,  and  that  I  have  certified  thereto  in 
said  Register. 

,  District  ( 'lerk 

Note. — Money  raised  by  district  tax  can  be  used  for  such  school  purees  as  are 
specified  at  the  meeting  at  which  the  money  is  ordered.  All  other  school  money, 
except  twenty  dollars  annually  which  the  law  allows  for  incidental  expenses,  must  be 
reserved  for  the  payment  of  teacher's  salary  and  fuel  hills. 

Payments  can  only  be  made  for  the  support  of  those  schools  that  conform  in  all 
respects  to  the  provisions  of  the  School  Law,  and  to#  those  teachers  only  who  pos<.  — 
certificates  in  full  force  and  effect  covering  the  time  for  which  salary  "is  demanded, 
and  who  have  kept  the  School  Register  in  the  manner  prescrihed. 

The  Collector  should  inrariably  refuse  to  pay  orders  until  he  is  satisfied  that  all 
these  condition.-  have  been  complied  with. 


No.  12.-—  Order  on  Township  Collector  for  District  ScJio(>f  Tax  raisi  d 
for  other  purposes  than  lh>  Payment  of  Teacher's  Salary. 

To - ,  Township  Collector  for  the  Township  of , 

i  kmnty  of ,  State  of  New  Jersey  : 

Pay  to  the  order  of , ^  Dollars,  for  [/?,<  re 

state  for  what  the  money  is  to  be  paid]  out  of  the  funds  raised  by 

District  School  Tax  in  our  District,  now  in  your  hands. 

,  D.  C.)  Trustees  of 

,  >  District  No. , 

,  J       Count;/ of . 


52  BLANKS  AND  FORMS 


No.  13. — Financial  Report  of  District  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent. 

To ,  County  Superintendent  for Countj^: 

Sir  : — I  herewith  submit  the  Financial  Report  of  School  Dis- 
trict No. ,  for  the  School  Year  ending  August  31,  18 . 

RECEIPTS. 

Balance  in  hands  of  the  Collector  August  31st,  18 ,    $ 

Apportionment  from  State  Appropriation, 

"     Township  School  Tax,  .... 

"      Surplus  Revenue, 

Amount,  raised  by  District  Tax, 

"       received  from  other  sources, 


Total  Receipts, $ 

EXPENDITURES. 

Amount  expended  for  Teachers'  Wages, $ 

"    Fuel, 


u  u 


"    Incidentals, 

"   Building  Scl 

"   Repairing  School  House, 


"   Building  School  House, 


Total  Expenditures, $ 

Balance  due  the  District,     ..,.."$ 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  statement  is  correct  in  all  respects. 

,  District  Clerk. 


No.  14. — Financial  Report  of  District  Clerk  to  Township  Committee. 

To  the  Township  Committee  of Township  : 

Sirs  ; — [Form  of  Report  same  as  No.  13.] 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  53 

No.  15. — Financial  Report  of  District  Clerk  to  the  People  of  the 

District. 

To  the  Inhabitants  of  School  District  No. : 

[Form  of  Report  same  as  No.  13.] 

Note?. — The  above  report  should  be  made  at  the  annual  school  meeting  held  for  the 
election  of  Trustees. 


No.  10. — Annual  Report  of  Trustees  to  the  District. 

To  the  Inhabitants  of  School  District  No. : 

In  obedience  to  the  requirements  of  the  School  Law,  we  beg 

leave  to  present  our  annual  report  for  the  past  school  year  [here 

give  the  final  report  required  of  the  Teacher  in  the  School  Register  ; 

state  what  has  been  done  by  the  Trustees  during  the  year ;  discuss  school 

matters;  mah  suggestions,  etc.,  etc.] 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

,  D.  C)      Trustees  of 

,  -  School  District 

,  J    No. . 

Dated ,  18 . 

Note. — The  above  report  should  be  made  at  the  annual  school  meeting  for  the  elec- 
tion of  Trustees. 


No.  17. — Report  of  District  Clerk  to   County  Superintendent  of  the 
Amount  of  District  School  Tax  Ordered  to  be  Raised. 

To  the  County  Superintendent  of County: 

8iB  : — I  hereby  report  to  you,  that  at  the  annual  (or  a  special, 
as  the  ease  may  be)  meeting  of  the  legal  voters  of  School  District 

No. ,  of  the  county  of ,  held  on  the  ■ day  of 

,  L8 ,  there  was  voted  to  be  raised  [write  the  amount  in 

words]  dollars,  as  District  School  Tax,  for  the  purpose  of  [here 
•v  ///,  object  for  which  the  money  is  to  be  used.] 

,  District  Clerk. 


54 


BLANKS  AND  FORMS 


No.  18. — Report  of  Township  Collector  to  County  Superintendent  of  the 
Amount  of  Township  School  Tax  Ordered  to  be  Raised. 

T<>  the  County  Superintendent  of County: 

Sir: — I  hereby  report  to  you  that  the  amount  of  School  Tax 

voted  to  be  raised  in Township  at  the  last  annual  town 

meeting,  held  on  the day  of ,  18 ,  is  [write  the 

amount  in  words]  Dollars  per  child  [or Dollars,  as  tloe  case 

may  be~\. 
The  Interest  on  Surplus  Revenue  to  be  apportioned  to  the 

Public  Schools  of  this  Township  is Dollars. 

1  >ated  this day  of ,  IS . 

,  Township  Collector. 

Note. — This  report  should  be  sent  to  the  County  Superintendent  within  five  days 
after  the  town  meeting.  If  the  amount  of  interest  on  surplus  revenue  is  not  known  at 
that  time,  a  separate  report  should  be  made  of  that  item  as  soon  as  the  amount  is  ascer- 
tained. 


No.  10. — Report  of  County  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent  of  tJie 
Names  and  Post  Office  Addresses  of  the  Township  Collectors  and  City 

Tr.  usurers. 


To  the  County  Superintendent  of 


County : 


Sir: — I  hereby  report  to  you  the  names  and  addresses  of  the 
newly  elected  Township  Collectors  [arid  City  Treasurers,  if  there  be 
any]  of  this  County,  as  follows : 


Names  of  Township  or  City. 


Names  of  Collectors  and  City 
Treasurers. 


Address. 


-,  County  Ch  rk. 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS. 


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Caleb  Martin, 
John  Smith, 
Susan  Parker, 
Anna  Mount, 
David  Case, 
Francis  Moore, 
George  Brown, 
Julia  Brown, 
Mary  Case, 
Sarah  Cook, 

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FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  57 


Explanation  of  the  manner  of  Keeping  the  School  Register,  as  shown  in 
the  Model  on  the  preceding  page. 

In  the  first  column  the  pupils  are  numhered  as  they  are  enrolled,  and  in  the  second 
their  names  are  written,  anil  in  the  third  their  ages  are  recorded. 

In  the  hlank  squares  under  the  names  of  the  days  of  the  week,  are  recorded  the 
attendance  of  the  pupils.  One  diagonal  line  indicates  that  the  pupil  was  present  but 
one-half  the  day  ;  two  diagonals  crossing  each  other,  that  he  was  present  the  whole 
dav  ;  and  the  blank  indicates  absence. 

If  the  scholar  does  not  enter  the  school  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  a  horizontal 
line  is  drawn  to  the  day  of  entering.  If  a  scholar,  for  any  cause,  leaves  the  school 
before  the  close  of  the  term,  a  similar  line  is  drawn  from  the  day  of  his  leaving. 

Under  the  column  headed  "  Number  of  days'  attendance  for  two  weeks,"  is  to  be 
recorded  the  number  of  days  each  pupil  has  been  in  attendance  during  the  previous 
two  weeks. 

In  the  blanks  under  the  names  of  the  branches  taught,  diagonal  lines  are  drawn  to 
indicate  the  several  studies  each  scholar  is  pursuing,  and  the  figures  at  the  bottom  of 
these  columns  show  the  number  of  pupils  in  each  study.  These  columns  should  be 
added  when  the  two  pages  of  records  are  complete,  and  the  sums  should  be  written 
down  as  above  indicated. 

At  the  end  of  every  twelve  weeks  the  teacher  should  ascertain  the  number  of 
months  each  pupil  has  been  in  attendance,  and  indicate  the  same  in  the  blanks  of  the 
column  headed  "  Number  of  months'  attendance  for  twelve  weeks."  By  adding  the 
number  of  days  the  pupil  has  been  in  attendance  during  that  time,  and  dividing  the 
sum  by  twenty,  the  quotient  will  be  the  number  of  months  required. 

When  the  records  for  twelve  weeks  are  complete,  the  Eegister  should  be  signed  by 
the  Teacher  and  the  District  Clerk,  in  the  spaces  prepared  for  that  purpose. 


No.  22. — Teacher's  Report  to  the  County  Superintendent  when  Leaving 
a  School  before  the  end  of  the  School  Year. 

Report  of  the  Teacher  of  Public  School ,  in  District  No. 

,  in  the  County  of ,  for  the  portion  of  the  School 

Year  commencing  September  1st,  18 ,  and  ending 

,  18 . 

[The  bodyjyf  the  Report  same  as  No.  23.] 

To ,  County  Superintendent  for County : 

Being  about  to  leave  my  present  school,  I  respectfully  present 
the  above  record  and  statements  as  my  report  for  the  expired 
portion  of  the  present  school  year,  as  required  by  the  laws  of  this 
State ;  which  report  I  hereby  certify  has  been  carefully  made  out 
from  the  records  contained  in  the  School  Register. 

,  Teacher. 

Note. — The  law  requires  that  a  duplicate  of  the  above  report  shall  be  made  to  the 
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No.  25. — Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  a  Vacancy  in  Board  of 

Trustees. 

To ,  County  Superintendent : 

Sir  : — You  are  hereby  notified  that  a  vacancy  now  exists  in  the 

Board  of  Trustees  of  School  District  No. ,  in  the  County  of 

,  through  [here  state  the  cause  of  the  vacancy']  which  you  are 

requested  to  fill  by  appointment. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  District  Clerk. 

Note. — The  above  notice  should  be  sent  to  the  County  Superintendent  as  soon  as 
the  vacancy  exists.  If  the  office  of  District  Clerk  is  vacant,  the  notice  should  be  sent 
by  one  of  the  other  Trustees. 


No.  26. — Appointment  to  Fill  a  Vacancy  in  a  Board  of  Trustees. 


To 


The  office  of  one  of  the  Trustees  of  School  District  No. 


in  the  County  of ,  having  become  vacant  through  failure 

of  the  District  to  elect  according  to  law  [or  for  any  other  reason], 
you  are  hereby  appointed  to  fill  such  vacancy  until  the  next 
annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  Trustees  in  said  District. 

Dated  this dav  of ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


No.  27. — Appointment  of  a  District  Clerk. 


To : 

The  office  of  District  Clerk  of  School  District  No. ,  in  the 

County  of ,  being  vacant  through  failure  of  the  Trustees  to 

elect  according  to  law  [or  for  any  other  reason],  you  are  hereby 
appointed  to  fill  such  vacancy  until  the  next  annual  meeting  for 
the  election  of  Trustees  in  said  District. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  Cou id y  Superintendent. 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  61 


28. — Appointment  of  Trustees  for  a  New  District. 
To : 


Having,  on  the  day  of ,  18 ,  formed  a  new 

School  District,  to  be  known  as  School  District  No. ,  in  the 

County  of ,  comprising  the  following  territory  :  [here  insert 

the  description  of  the  District]  you  are  hereby  appointed  Trustee 
[and  District  Clerk,  if  such  is  the  fact,']  for  said  District  until  the 
next  annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  Trustees. 

I  have  appointed  as  your  associates,  Messrs. and 


Dated  this day  of ,  18- 


-,  County  Superintendent. 

Note. — Where  two  Districts  are  united  they  each  become  extinct  and  a  new  District 
is  formed,  and  the  Trustees  of  the  extinct  Districts  cannot  continue  to  act  as  Trustees 
of  the  new  one,  but  an  entire  new  Board  must  be  appointed  by  the  County  Superin- 
tendent. 


No.  29. — Request  for  District  Clerk  to  Call  a  Special  School  Meeting 
for  Establishing  a  Graded  School. 

To ,  District  Clerk  of  School  District  No. ,  in 

the  County  of : 

Sir: — You  are  hereby  requested  to  call  a  special  meeting  of 

the  legal  voters  of  your  District,  on  the  day  of , 

18 ,  at o'clock  in  the noon,  for  the  purpose  of 

acting  upon  the  question  of  uniting  with  Districts  Nos. 

and ,  etc.,  in  establishing  and  maintaining  a  Graded  School 

in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  61  of  the  School 
Law. 

Dated  this day  of ,  1 8 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


NOTE. — The  above  request  is  only  to  be  given  when„there  is  a  known  desire  on  the 
part  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Districts  thus  notified  to  establish  a  Graded  School.     A 
i  rate  meeting  should  be  held  in  each  District  proposing  to  unite. 


62  BLANKS  AND  FORMS 

No.  30. — Notice  for  a  Special  District  Meeting  for  Considering  the 
Question  of  Establishing  a  Graded  School. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  legal  voters  of  School  District 

No. ,  in  the  county  of ,  that  a  special  school  meeting 

will  be  held  at ,  on  the day  of ,  18 ,  at 

o'clock  in  the noon,  for  the  purpose  of  considering 

the  question  of  uniting  with  Districts  Nos.  and  , 

etc.,  in  establishing  and  maintaining  a  Graded  School,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  61  of  the  School  Law. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  District  Clerk. 

J8y  order  of ,  County  Superintendent. 

Note. — The  above  notice  must  be  made  conspicuous  in  several  places,  and  posted 
ten  days  previous  to  tbe  time  of  the  meeting.  The  Districts  separately,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  section  86"  can  vote  for,  and  cause  to  be  assessed,  a  district 
tax  for  erecting  the  school  building,  or  maintaining  the  school. 


No.  31. — Notice  to  County  Superintendent,  giving  the  result  of  the 
action  of  a  School  Meeting  called  for  the  purpose  of  Establishing  a 
Graded  School. 

To County  Superintendent  of County  : 

Sir  : — At  a  meeting  of  the  legal  voters  of  School  District  No. 

,  in    the   county    of  ,  held  on   the  day  of 

,  18 ,  which   was  called   pursuant  to  your  order,  the 

question  of  uniting  with   Districts  Nos.  and  ,  for 

the  purpose  of  establishing  a  Graded  School,  was  decided  in  the 

;   voting   in   the  affirmative  and  — ■ in   the 

negative. 

Dated  this day  of ,  IS . 

,  District  Clerk. 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  63 


No.  32. — Order  organizing  a  Union  School  District  for  the  purpose  of 

Establishing  a  Graded  School. 

"Whereas,  Districts  now  known  as  School  Districts  Nos. , 

and ,  in  the  County  of ,  did,  in  accordance 


with  the  provisions  of  section  61  of  the  School  Law,  agree  to 
unite,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and  maintaining  a  Graded 
School,  at  public  meetings  called,  by  order  of  the  County  Super- 
intendent, on  the  following  days,  to  wit :    School  District   No. 

on  the day  of ,  18 ;  School  District  No. 

on  the day  of ,  18 ;  and  School  District 

No. on  the dav  of  ,  18 . 


Therefore,  it  is  hereby  ordered  and  made  known  that  said  dis- 
tricts are  united  for  the  purposes  set  forth,  to  be  known  here- 
after by  the  name  and  title  of . 

Given  under  my  hand  this day  of 18 . 


,  County  Superintendent. 

Note. — One  copy  of  the  above  order  must  be  furnished  to  each  Board  of  Trustees 
of  the  United  District,  and  one  copy  retained  by  the  County  Superintendent. 


No.  33. — Order  Organizing  a  Sclwol  District. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  and  determined  that  the  following  shall 
hereafter  be  the  boundaries  of  school  district,  to  be  known  as 

District  Number ,  in  the  county  of  ,  State  of  New 

Jersey :  beginning  at  [here  describe  the  boundaries] 

Given  under  my  hand  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


Approved  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  Secretary  of  State  Board. 

Note. — The  above  order  should  be  made  out  in  duplicate,  one  copy  to  be  retained 
by  the  County  Superintendent,  in  his  office,  and  the  other  to  be  held  by  the  Trustees. 
The  State  Board  prescribes  that  a  map  of  the  district.-  of  the  county  shall  be  drawn 
by  the  County  Superintendent,  and  sent  to  the  Slate  Superintendent,  to  be  retained  in 
bid  office. 


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No.  34. — Order  Altering  the  Boundaries  of  a  School  District. 

It  is  hereby  ordered  and  determined  that  the  [liere  describe  the 
territory  by  sections  and  parts  of  sections],  now  a  part  of  School  Dis- 
trict No. ,  in  the  County  of ,  is  taken  from  said  dis- 
trict and  attached  to  and  made  a  part  of  School  District  No. 
,  in  said  County,  for  all  school  purposes  whatsoever. 

This  order  will  take  effect  on  the day  of ,  IS . 

Given  under  my  hand  this day  of ,  18 . 


-,  County  Superintendent. 


Approved  this day  of ,  18- 


-,  Secretary  of  State  Board. 


No.  35. — Notice  by  County  Superintendent  to  the  District  Clerks  of 
Districts  to  be  affected  by  proposed  District  changes. 

To ,  District  Clerk  of  School  District  No. , 

in  the  County  of : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  I  will  be  present  at ,  on 

the   day   of   ,    18 ,   at  o'clock  in   the 

noon,  to  decide  upon  certain  proposed  alterations  of  the 

boundaries  of   your   school   district.     The   attendance  of  your 
Board  of  Trustees  is  requested. 

Dated  this day  of  ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


No.  36. — Notice  of  Meeting  of  Township  Board  of  Trustees. 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  I  will  be  present  at ,  on 

the   day   of ,  18 ,   at   o'clock    in   the 

noon,  to  meet    "  The  Township  Board    of   Trustees  "  of 

township.     The  attendance  of  }rour  Board  of  Trustees  is 

requested. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18- 


-,  County  Superintendent. 


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No.  38. — Notice  to   Toivnship   Collector,  directing  him  to  withhold 

School  Moneys  from  a  Teacher. 

To  the  Township  Collector  of Township  : 

Sir  : — You  are  hereby  directed  to  withhold  all  further  pay- 
ment of  salary  to ,  a  teacher  now  employed  in 

School  District  No. ,  situated  in  your  township,  said  teacher 

not  being  in  possession  of  a  certificate  [or  not  having  kept  the 
School  Register],  as  is  required  by  the  School  Law. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


No.  39. — Notice  to    Townshij)    Collector  directing   him  to  withhold 

School  Moneys  from  a  District. 

To  the  Township  Collector  of Township  : 

Sir  : — You  are  hereby  directed  to  withhold  [here  state  the  amount 
in  words']  from  the  school  moneys  apportioned  to  School  District 

No. ,  situated  in  your  township,  on  account  of  said  district, 

There  state  the  reason  why  the  money  is  withheld]. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

1  ,  County  Superintendent. 


Note. — All  moneys  withheld  must  be  reapportioned  the  next  year  among  all  the 
districts  of  the  township. 


No.  40. — Notice  of  Meeting  for  Examination  of  Teachers. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  there  will  be  a  meeting  of  the 
County  Board  of  Examiners  of County,  for  the  examina- 
tion of  candidates  for  teacher's  certificates,  at ,  on , 

the instant.     Each  applicant  for  a  certificate  should  be 

present  as  early  as o'clock,  A.  M. 

,  County  Superintendent, 

18 . 


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No.  41. — Notice  to  Teacher  Annulling  his  Certificate. 
To : 


Sir  : — The  certificate  of  qualification  held  by  you  as  a  Public 

School  Teacher  in  the  County  of  ,  issued  on  the 

day  of  ,  IS ,  is  hereby  annulled,  for  the  reason  that 

\_here  state  reason  why  certificate  is  annulled]. 

Dated  this day  of ,  IS . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


Note. — In  capes  where  the  teacher's  offence  is  not  flagrant,  and  the  certificate  an- 
nulled is  freely  surrendered  on  request  of  the  Superintendent,  none  but  the  parties 
immediately  concerned  need  be  apprised  of  the  transaction.  But  if  the  teacher  refuses 
to  deliver  up  his  certificate,  public  notice  of  the  annulment  should  be  made  in  the 
papers. 


No.  42. — Notice  to  District  Clerk  informing  him  of  the  Annulment  of 

Teacher's  Certificate. 

To ,  District  Clerk  of  School  District  No. , 

of  the  County  of : 

Sir: — You  are  hereby  notified    that  on  the  day    of 

,  18 ,  I  annulled  the  certificate  of  qualification  held  by 

-,  a  teacher  in  your  district,  for  the  reason  that,  iu 


my  opinion,  the  said does  not  possess  the  requisite 

qualifications  as  a  teacher  in  respect  to  [moral  character,  learning, 
or  ability  to  teach,  as  the  case  may  be]. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendent. 


Note. — "When  a  teacher's  certificate  is  annulled,  a  notice,  similar  to  the  above, 
should  also  he  sent  to  the  Collector  of  the  township  in  which  the  teacher  has  been 
engaged. 


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No.  43. — Notice  by  County  Superintendent  of  Apportionment  of  School 

Moneys. 

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,  X.  J., ,  18 .      / 

Apportionment  of  School  Moneys  for  the  County  of ,  for 

the  School  Year  commencing  September  1,  18 . 

Amount  of  Two  Mill  Tax  appropriated  by  the  State,  $ 

Additional  State  Appropriation, 

Interest  of  Surplus  Revenue, 

Amount  of  Township  School  Tax, 

Amount  of  District  School  Tax, 

Number  of  Children  according  to  Census  of  18 ,     . 


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-,  County  Superintendent. 


Note. — Copy  of  the  above  should  be  furnished  the  County  Collector,  each  Town- 
ship Collector,  and  each  District  Clerk. 


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No.  44. — Notice  for  Annual  Meeting  for  the  Election  of  Trustees. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  legal  voters  of  School  District 

No.   ,   in  the  County  of ,  that  the  annual  school. 

meeting    for    the    election  of    School  Trustees  will  be  held  at 

,  on  Monday,  the day  of ,  18 ,  at  — *+• — 

o'clock M. 

Dated  this day  of ,  IS . 

,  District  Cleric. 

Note. — The  above  notice  must  be  posted  in  three  public  places  in  the  district,  one 
of  which  shall  be  at  the  School  House  at  least  five  days  previous  to  the  time  of  the 
meeting.     The  meeting  must  be  held  in  the  School  House,  if  there  is  one. 


No.  45. — Notice  for  a  Meeting  of  the  District  Board  of  Trustees. 


To— : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  there  will  be  a  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  School  District  No. ,  on even- 
ing,   ,  IS ,  at o'clock,  in  the  school  house. 

[date.']  ,  District  ClerJ:. 


No.  46. — Notice  by     District    Clerk  to    County    Superintendent   of 

the  Election  of  Trustees. 

To ,  County  Superintendent : 

Sir  : — You  are  hereby  notified  that  at  the  annual  meeting  in 

><hool  District  No. ,  in  the  County  of ,  held  on  the 

day  of ,  IS , was  elected  Trustee 

in  the  place  of ,  whose  term  had  expired. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  now  consists  of 

Mr. ,  whose  term  expires  18 . 

" ,      "         "  "        18 . 

" ,      "         "  "        18 . 


The  Trustees  have  elected  Mr. ,  District  Clerk, 

whose  post-office  address  is . 

,  Secretary  of  School  Meeting. 

Note.— This  notice  should  he  Bent  to  the  I  iounty  Superintendent  as  soon  after  the 
election  ad  possible.      It  may  be  sent  by  the  District  Clerk  or  the  Secretary. 


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No.  47. — Notice  to  be  given  by  the  Secretary  of  a  District  School  Meet- 
ing, to  the  Officers  Elect. 
To : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  at  a  meeting  of  School  District 

No. ,  in  the  County  of ,  held  on  the day  of 

,  18 ,  you  were  elected  Trustee  of  said  district. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 


-,  Secretary  of  said  meeting. 


No.  48. — Form  of  Resignation. 


To ,  County  Superintendent : 

I  hereby  resign  my  office  of  Trustee  [or  District    Cleric]   of 
School  District  No. ,  in  the  County  of . 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 


No.  49. — Notice  for  the  Annual  District  Meeting  for  determining  what 
District  School  Tax  shall  be  assessed. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  legal  voters  of  School  District 

No.  ,  in  the  county  of ,  that  the  annual  school 

meeting  will  be  held  at  ,  on  the  Tuesday  of  the  week  fol- 
lowing town  meeting,  being  the day  of  March  (or  April), 

18 ,  at  o'clock  in  the noon,  at  which  meeting 

will  be  submitted  the  question  of  voting  a  tax  to  maintain  a  free 
public  school  the  coming  year  [or  to  build  a  school  house,  etc]. 

The  amount  thought  to  be  necessary  for  this  purpose  is 

dollars. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  Disfriet  Clerk. 


Note. — Tn  the  above  notice  must  be  particularly  specified  each  item  of  business  to 
be  acted  upon.     For  details,  see  section  86  of  the  .School  Law. 


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No.  50. — Notice  for  a  Special  District  Meeting  for  determining  what 
District  School  Tax  shall  be  assessed. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  legal  voters  of  School  District 
No. ,  in  the  County  of ,  that  a  special  school  meet- 
ing will  be  held  at ,  on  the day  of  ,  18 , 

at  o'clock  in  the  noon,  at  which  meeting  will  be 

submitted  the  question  of  ordering  a  district  school  tax  to  [here 
particularly  specify  each  item  of  business  to  be  acted  upoii\. 

The  amount  thought  to  be  necessary  for  this  purpose  is 

dollars.  ,  "j      Trustees  of 

,  V  School  District 

-J    No.m . 

Note. — The  authority  for  calling  a  special  school  meeting  is  given  in  clause  XI  of 
section  39  of  the  School  Law.     For  detailed  directions,  see  section  86. 


No.  51. —  Various  Specifications  of  Business  to  be  Transacted  that  mag 
be  Inserted  in  any  Notice  for  District  Meeting,  as  they  may  be  needed. 

To  authorize  the  trustees  to  purchase  land  and  to  erect  a  school 
house  thereon  ; 

To  see  if  the  district  will  take  measures  for  the  repair,  altera- 
tion, enlarging  or  furnishing  of  the  present  school  house ; 

To  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  and  report  a  plan  for  such 
erection  or  repair  with  the  probable  expense  of  the  same; 

To  raise  money  by  district  tax  to  defray  the  expenses  of  such 
erection,  alteration  or  repair; 

To  authorize  the  trustees  to  borrow  money  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  such  erection,  alteration  or  repair,  and  to  provide  for 
the  payment  of  the  same  by  ordering  a  district  tax ; 

To  see  if  the  district  will  vote  a  sufficient  district  tax  to  defray 
the  expenses  of  maintaining  a  free  school  during  the  ensuing 
year,  or  during months  of  the  ensuing  year ; 

To  order  a  district  tax  for  the  payment  of  a  debt  of 

dollars,  now  resting  upon  the  school  house  property ; 

To  order  tlie  sale  of  the  present  school  house  property,  and  to 
decide  what  disposition  shall  be  made  of  the  proceeds; 

To  do  any  other  business  within  the  scope  of  the  foregoing 
propositions. 


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No.  52. — Statement  of  the  amount  of  School  Taxes  voted  to  be  raised 
in  a  School  District,  to  be  delivered  by  the  District  Clerk  to  the 
Township  Assessor. 

To ,  Assessor  of Township, County,  State  of 

New  Jersey : 

The  legal  voters  of  School  District  No. ,  in  the  County 

of ,  met  at ,  a  convenient  public  place  within  the 

district,  on  the day  of ,  18 ,  to  determine  what 

additional  school  tax,  if  any,  should  be  levied  upon  the  district, 
and  notice  thereof,  setting  forth  the  time,  place  and  object  of  said 
meeting,  was  given  by  the  District  Clerk,  and  set  up  at  [here  state 
the  'places  where  the  notices  were  posted],  three  public  places  within 
the  district,  ten  days  before  the  meeting;  and  the  said  legal 
voters,  so  met,  by  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  those  present, 
authorized  the  trustees  of  said  district  [to  purchase  land,  etc.,  as  the 

case  may  be],  and  ordered,  by  a  like  vote, dollars  to  be 

raised  by  taxation  for  said  purposes,  and  you  are  therefore 
requested  to  assess  the  said  sum  on  the  inhabitants  of  said  school 
district,  and  their  estates,  and  the  taxable  property  therein,  pur- 
suant to  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

— District  Clerk  of  said  District. 


State  of  New   Jersey, 
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,  being  duly  sworn,  on  oath  says,  that  he  is  the 

District  Clerk  of  School  District  No.  ,  in  the  County  of 

,    and    that    the    above  statement  by  him  made  of  the 

amount  of  school  tax  voted  to  be  raised  in  said  school  district  is 
correct  and  true. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  before  me,  this  day  of , 

18 . 

,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 


Note. — The  law  requires  that  notice  of  the  above  action  should  also  be  sent  to  the 
County  Superintendent. 


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No.  56. — Teacher' 's  State  Certificate — First  Grade. 

State  of  New  Jersey, 
Department  of  Public  Instruction, 
Superintendent's  Office. 

STATE  CERTIFICATE. 

First  Grade. 

The  eminent  qualifications  and  distinguished  success  of 

,  as  a  Teacher,  having  been  established  by  thorough  ex- 


amination and  satisfactory  testimonials, is  hereby  duly 

authorized  to  teach  in  any  part  of  this  State. 

Done  at  the  City  of  Trenton,  this day  of ,  in  the 

year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy , 

under  the  authority  conferred  by  section  48  of  the  Revised  School 
Law. 

,  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School. 


No.  57. — Teacher's  State  Certificate — Second  Grade. 

State  of  New  Jersey, 
Department  of  Public  Instruction, 
Superintendent's  Office. 

STATE  CERTIFICATE. 

Second  Grade. 

having  presented  satisfactory  evidence  of  good 

moral  character,  and  having  passed  the  required  examination,  is 
hereby  Licensed  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Public  Schools  of  this 
State  for  the  term  of  Seven  Years  from  date,  unless  this  certifi- 
cate is  sooner  revoked. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seal  this dav  of , 

IS . 

,  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School. 


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No.  5S. —  Teachers  State  Certificate — Third  Qrade. 

State  of  New  Jersey, 
Department  of  Public  Instruction, 
Superintendent's  Office. 

STATE  CERTIFICATE. 

Third  Grade. 

-,  having  presented  satisfactory  evidence  of  good 

moral  character,  and  having  passed  the  required  examination,  is 
hereby  Licensed  as  a  Teacher  in  the  Public  Schools  of  this 
State  for  the  term  of  Five  Years  from  date,  unless  this  certifi- 
cate is  sooner  revoked. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seal  this day  of , 

18 . 

,  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School. 


No.  59. — Certificate  of  County  Superintendent  in  Appeals. 

Office  of  County  Superintendent, 
,  N.  J., ,  18 . 


To ,  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  : 

Sir  : — I  transmit,  herewith,  a  full  and  correct  statement  of  the 
facts,  and  the  documentary  evidence  presented  to  me,  in  the  case 

of  V8. ,  together  with   my  decision  thereon,  from 

which  appeal  has  been  taken  to  the  State  department. 

I  certify  that  the  accompanying  statement  is  correct  to  the  bast 
of  my  knowledge  and  belief. 

,  County  Superintendent  for County. 

Note. — The  above  certificate  should  be  furnished  by  the  County  Superintendent  iu 

cases  of  ai>p<ab,  when  requested  by  the  State  Superintendent. 


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No.  60. — Appeal  to  the  State  Superintendent. 

,  N.  J., ,  IS . 

To ,  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  : 

Sir  : — We  herewith  transmit  a  full  and  correct  statement  of 
the  facts  in  the  case  of vs. ,  together  with  the  de- 
cision of  the  County  Superintendent  thereon,  from  which  decision 
we  respectfully  appeal  for  the  following  reasons  [here  state  tlie 
reasons  for  making  the  appeal]. 

We  certify  that  the  accompanying  statements,  together  with 
the  decision  of  the  County  Superintendent,  are  true  to  the  best  of 
our  knowledge  and  belief. 


No.  61. — Form  of  Certificate  Condemning  a  School  House. 

This  is  to  certify  that  we,  the  undersigned,  have  this  day  con- 
demned the  public  school  house  in  District  No. ,  in  the 

County  of ,  as  being,  in  its  present  condition,  unfit  for  use. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  County  Superintendefrd. 


Ti^istces  of  District  No. 
in  the  County  of  — 


Note. — This  certificate  in  held  by  the  County  Superintendent,  and  the  school  house 
remains  condemned  until  repaired  or  rebuilt. 


No.  62. — Teacher's  Report  of  the  Suspension  of  a  Pupil  to  the  Tiiistees. 

To ,  District  Clerk  of  School  District  No. , 

of  the  County  of : 

Sir: — You  are  hereby  notified  that  I  have  this  o^ay  suspended 
from  my  school ,  for  [here  state  the  cause  for  suspension]. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 

,  Teaclier. 

Note. — The  School  Law  requires  every  suspension  to  be  reported  to  the  Trustees, 


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No.  63. — Order  of  Business  at  a  District  School  Meeting. 

1.  Choose  a  Chairman  and  Secretary. 

2.  Read  the  notice  calling  the  meeting. 

3.  Report  of  District  Clerk. 

4.  Transaction    of    the   business  for  which  the  meeting  was 

called  as  set  forth  in  the  notices. 

5.  Miscellaneous  business. 

6.  Adjournment. 


No.   64. — Minutes  of  District  School  Meeting  for  the  Election  of 

Trustees. 

,  N.  J, ,  18 . 


Pursuant  to  the  following  notice  [here  copy  the  notice  giveii],  the 

legal   voters  of  School  District   No.   ,  convened    at   the 

school  house  and  selected ,  Chairman,  and 

,  Secretary. 

The  Secretary  read  the  notice  of  the  meeting. 

Mr. ,  District  Clerk,  presented  the  annual  re- 
port of  the  trustees,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Mr. ,  the  meeting  proceeded  to 

elect  a  trustee  by  ballot   in  the  place  of    Mr. , 

whose  term  has  expired.     Mr. received  a  majority 

of  all  the  votes  cast,  and  was  declared  by  the  Chairman  duly 
elected  trustee  for  the  term  of  three  years. 

The  District  Clerk  stated  that  there  was  a  vacancy  in  the 
Board  on  account  of  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  appointment 
of  Mr. ,  who,  during  the  past  year,  had  been  ap- 
pointed trustee  by  the  Ccunty  Superintendent  to  fill  the  vacancy 

caused  by  the  resignation  of  Mr. .     The  meeting 

again  proceeded  to  ballot  and  Mr. was  elected 

trustee  for  the  unexpired  term  of  Mr. . 

On  motion  of  Mr. the  meeting  adjourned. 

— ,  Secretary. 


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No.  65. — Minutes  of  Trustee  Meeting. 

Pursuant  to  notice  given  to  each  member,  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  District  No.  1,  met  in  the  school  house  on  Monday 
evening,  January  4,  1869.  There  were  present  Messrs.  James 
Fisk,  Henry  Jones,  and  Alpheus  Taylor. 

Henry  Jones  presided. 

The  applications  of  H.  W.  Clark,  Edward  Davis,  and  E.  H. 
Long  for  the  position  of  teacher  in  our  public  school  were  re- 
ceived. 

After  considerable  discussion  relative  to  the  qualifications  of 
each,  the  position  was  awarded  to  Edward  Davis  at  a  salary  of 
one  hundred  dollars  per  month. 

The  District  Clerk  was  instructed  to  inform  Mr.  Davis  of  his 
election,  and  request  him  to  enter  upon  his  duties  on  Monday, 
January  11,  1869. 

The  following  bills  were  presented  by  the  District  Clerk,  and 
ordered  paid  out  of  the  funds  raised  by  district  tax  : 

E.  H.  Jackson,  four  tons  of  coal,  @  $8.00        .        .     $32  00 

"W.  J.  Hopkins,  one  cord  of  wood,     .         .         .         .         8  00 

Jane  Gibson,  cleaning  school  house,         .        .         .        5  00 

It  was  ordered  that  the  District  Clerk  procure  two  slate  black- 
boards, each  three  feet  by  four  feet,  for  the  use  of  the  school. 

Adjourned. 

ALPHEUS  TAYLOR,  District  Clerk 


No.  66. — Certificate  to  be  attached  to  proceedings  of  a  District  Meet- 
ing by  the  person  acting  as  Secretary. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  correct  and  complete 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  [the  annual  or  special  school  meeting, 

as  the  case  may  be],  held  in  School  District  No.  ,  in  the 

County  of ,  on  the day  of ,  18 . 

,  Secretary. 


Note. — "When  the  District  Clerk  is  absent,  or  when  he  does  not  act  as  Secretary  of 
the  school  meeting,  the  above  certificate  should  be  attached  to  the  account  of  the  pro- 


ceedings before  it  is  delivered  to  said  Clerk. 


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No.  G7. — Minutes  of  District  School  Meeting  for  raising  District  lax. 


-,  N.  J., ,  18- 


Pursuant  to  the  following  notice  [here  copy  the  notice  given],  the 

legal    voters    of  School    District  No. ,    convened    at    the 

school  house  ; was  elected  Chairman  and 

,  Secretary  of  the  meeting. 

The  Chairman  stated  the  object  of  the  meeting  and  read  the 
notice  which  had  been  given. 

Mr. moved  that  a  district  school  tax  of  three 

hundred  dollars  be  voted  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  free 

school  ten  months  during  the  year.     Mr. moved 

to  amend  by  striking  out  "  three  hundred"  and  inserting  "  four 
hundred,"  which  was  agreed  to,  and  the  motion  as  amended  was 
decided  in  the  affirmative  ; voting  in  the  affirm- 
ative and in  the  negative. 

Mr. moved  that  a  district  school  tax  of  one 

hundred  dollars  be  voted  for  the  purpose  of  painting  the  school 

house.     Mr. moved  to   amend    by  striking  out 

"  one  hundred"  and  inserting  "  fifty,"  which  motion  was  lost. 

The  original  motion  was  then  agreed  to  ; voting 

in  the  affirmative,  and in  the  negative. 

On  motion  of  Mr. ,  the  meeting  adjourned. 

,  Chairman. 

,  Secretary. 


No.  68. — Minutes  of  District  School  Meeting  Ordering  a  New  School 

House  Erected. 

[Commence  as  in  preceding  form.'] 

The  following  business  was  transacted : 

It  was,  upon  motion,  Resolved,  That  the  comfort  of  the  children 
and  the  best  interests  of  the  district,  demand  the  erection  of  a 
new  school  house. 

It  was  voted  that  D.  S and  P.  V be  appointed  a 

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committee  to  prepare  and  report  a  plan  for  such  new  school 
house,  with  an  estimate  of  the  probable  expense  of  the  same,  and 
report  thereon  at  the  next  meeting. 

It  was  voted  that  when  this  meeting  adjourn  it  adjourn  to 

meet  again  on  the  day  of   ,  18 ,  at  

o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Trustees  were  directed  to  give  the  required  ten  days'  notice 
of  the  adjourned  meeting,  and  to  set  forth  that  the  object  of  said 
meeting  would  be  the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  committee 
in  relation  to  the  new  school  house  and  the  ordering  of  the 
necessary  district  tax  for  the  erection  of  the  same. 

On  motion  the  meeting  adjourned,  etc. 


ADJOURNED  MEETING. 

[Commence  in  a  manner  similar  to  No.  67.] 

D.  S and  P.  V ,  the  committee  appointed  therefor, 

made  their  report  of  a  plan  for  a  school  house,  together  with  an 
estimate  of  the  expense  of  construction,  which  report  was  ac- 
cepted and  ordered  to  be  recorded,  and  is  in  the  words  and 

figures  following : 

[here  insert  report.] 

After  consideration  and  discussion  of  said  report,  it  was  voted 
that  the  same  be  adopted,  and  that  the  trustees  be  directed  to 
proceed  in  the  erection  of  a  house  in  accordance  with  sucli  plan. 

It  was  voted  that  a  district  tax  of dollars  be  assessed 

and  collected  to  defray  the  expense  of  such  school  house, 

voting  in  the  affirmative  and in  the  negative. 

Note. — The  foregoing  forms  of  minutes  are  given  for  the  inexperienced.  Those 
who  are  familiar  with  such  duties  may  adopt  or  vary  them  as  may  seem  best.  The 
essential  point  is,  to  have  the  proceedings  of  district  meetings  accurately  recorded. 
Much  depends  upon  the  minutes  of  these  meetings,  and  hence  they  should  be  cor- 
rectly kept  and  carefully  preserved. 


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No.  69. — Report  of  Non-attendance  of  Children  at  School. 

To ,  Township  Collector : 

You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  following  children  between 
eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age,  residing  in  this  district,  have  not 
attended  school,  during  the  past  year,  the  time  required  by  the 
act  relative  to  the  attendance  of  children  at  school,  approved 
April  9,  1875 : 

has  attended  but months ; 

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You  are  requested  to  impose  the  penalty  and  to  collect  the  fine, 
as  provided  in  said  act. 

— ,  District  Clerk  of  District  No. , 

County,  N.  J. 


Note. — In  the  cities  the  above  notice  is  to  be  sent  by  some  person  designated  by  the 
Board  of  Education,  to  the  City  Treasurer. 


No.  70. — Duties  of  Township  Collector. 

1.  To  notify  the  County  Superintendent  of  the  amount  of 
Township  School  tax  ordered,  and  the  amount  of  interest  on 
surplus  revenue.     [Form  18.] 

2.  To  collect  all  township  and  district  school  taxes. 

3.  To  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all  school  moneys,  and  to  pay 
out  the  same  only  upon  orders  drawn  in  accordance  with  forms 
11  and  12. 

4.  To  keep,  in  a  book  prepared  for  the  purpose,  an  account 
with  each  school  district.     [Form  37.] 

5.  To  make  settlement  with  the  township  committee.  [Form  20.] 

6.  To  transmit  copies  of  the  settlement  made  with  the  town- 
ship committee  to  the  County  Superintendent  and  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  township.     [Form  20.] 


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No.  71. — Duties  of  District  Clerk. 

1.  To  prepare  and  to  post 

Notices  for  annual  district  meeting,  [Form  49.] 

Notices  for  special  district  meeting,  [Form  50.] 

and  Notices  for  trustee  election,  [Form  44.] 

2.  To  prepare  and  to  deliver  notices  for  meetings  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees.     [Form  45.] 

3.  To  act  as  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.     [Form  65.] 

4.  To  record  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose  all  the  pro- 
ceedings of  Trustee  meetings  and  District  meetings,  [Farms  Aros. 
64,  65,  67  and  68.] 

5.  To  keep  an  account  of  the  finances  of  the  district  in  a  man- 
ner similar  to  that  shown  in  Form  37. 

6.  To  pay  out  all  moneys  by  issuing  orders  on  the  Township 
Collector.     [Forms  11  and  12.] 

7.  To  make  a  financial  report 

To  County  Superintendent,  [Form  13.] 

To  Township  Committee,  [Form  14.] 

and  to  Annual  District  Meeting,  [Form  15.] 

8.  To  make  a  report  of  the  doings  of  the  Trustees  for  the  year 
to  the  annual  district  meeting  for  the  election  of  Trustees 
[Form  16.] 

9.  To  take  the  district  census. 

10.  To  prepare  and  to  forward  the  annual  report  to  the  County 
Superintendent. 

11.  To  notify  County  Superintendent  and  Township  Assessor 
of  the  amount  of  district  school  tax  ordered.     [Forms  17  and  52. 

12.  To  notify  County  Superintendent  of  the  election  of  Trus- 
tees.    [Form  46.] 

13.  To  report  the  non-attendance  of  children  at  school. 
[Form  69.] 

14.  To  attend  the  meetings  of  the  "  Township  Board  of  Trus- 
tees" when  convened  by  the  County  Superintendent. 

15.  To  superintend  repairs  of  buildings;  to  buy  fuel,  crayons, 
and  such  other  articles  as  the  Trustees  may  direct. 

16.  To  deliver  to  his  successor  all  records  and  papers  belong- 
ing to  the  District. 


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No.  72. — Foitii  of  Contract  between  District  and  Teacher. 

It  is  hereby  agreed  between  "  The  Trustees  of  School  District 

No. ,  in  the  county  of  ,"  and  ,  a  qualified 

teacher,  possessing  a  license  in  full  force  and  effect,  that  the  said 

is  to  teach  the  public  school  of  said  district  for  the  term 

[here  insert  the  time],  for  the  sum  of  dollars  per  month, 

commencing  on  the day  of ,  18 ,  and  for  such 

services,  properly  rendered,  the  said  Trustees  are  to  pay  the  said 

monthly,  the  amount  that  may  be  due,  according  to  this 

contract. 

Dated  this day  of ,  18 . 


Trustees  of  School  District 

No. ,  in  the  County 

of . 

,  Teacher. 

Note. — In  ease  the  Teacher  is  employed  in  a  Graded  School,  the  particular  depart- 
ment for  which  he  is  engaged  should  be  specified  in  the  contract. 


No.  73. — Form  of  a  Lease. 


Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  A.  B.,  of  the  township  of 
-,  in  the  county  of  ,  in  the  State  of  NewT  Jersey,  of 


the  first  part,  for  the  consideration  herein  mentioned,  does  hereby 

lease  unto  "  The  Trustees  of  School  District  No. ,  in  the 

county  of  ,''  in  the  State  aforesaid,  party  of  the  second 

part,  and  their  assigns,  the  following  described  parcel  of  land: 

[Here  insert  description  of  land.'] 

Together  with  all  the  privileges  and  appurtenances  thereunto 

belonging :  To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  for  and  during  the 

term  of  years  from  the  day  of  ,  A.  D., 

IS ;  and  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  for  themselves  and 

igns,  do  covenant  and  agree  to  pay  the  said  party  of  the  first 

part,  for  said  premises,  the  annual  rent  of dollars. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  said  parties  have  hereunto  set  their 

hands,  this day  of ,  18 . 

A.  B.,  Lessor. 


C.  D.,}  Trustees    of    School    District 

E.   I\,  V     No. ,  in  the  county  of 

(1.  1 1.,  J      ,  State  of  Neiu  Jer&  >j. 


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No.  74. — Form  of  a  Deed  of  a  School  House  Site. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  A.  B.,  [and  C.  B.,  his  wife, 

if  married,']  in  the  township  of ,  in  the  county  of , 

in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  party  of  the  first  part,  for  and  in 

consideration  of  the  sum  of dollars,  to  them  in  hand  paid 

by  "  The  Trustees  of  School  District  No. ,  in  the  county  of 

,"  and  State  aforesaid,  party  of  the  second  part,  the  receipt 

whereof  is  hereb}r  acknowledged,  do  hereby  grant,  bargain,  sell, 
and  convey  to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  and  their  assigns, 
the  following  described  piece  of  land,  namely : 

[here  insert  description  of  land.] 
Together  with  all  the  privileges  and  appurtenances  thereunto  be- 
longing :  To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  and  their  assigns  forever ;  and  the  said  party  of  the 
first  part,  for  themselves,  their  heirs,  executors  and  administrators, 
do  covenant,  bargain  and  agree,  to  and  with  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part,  and  their  assigns,  that  at  the  tim*e  of  the  ensealing 
and  delivery  of  these  presents,  they  are  well  seized  of  the 
premises  above  conveyed,  as  of  a  good,  sure,  perfect,  absolute  and 
indefeasible  estate  of  inheritance  in  the  law  in  fee  simple,  and 
that  the  said  lands  and  premises  are  free  from  all  incumbrances 
whatsoever ;  and  that  the  above  bargained  premises,  in  the  quiet 
and  peaceable  possession  of  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  and 
their  assigns,  against  all  and  every  person  or  persons  lawfully 
claiming,  or  to  claim,  the  whole  or  any  part  thereof,  the  said 
party  of  the  first  part  will  forever  warrant  and  defend. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  said  A.  B.  and  C.  B.,  his  wife,  party  of 

the  first  part,  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  and  seals,  this 

day  of ,  A.  D.,  18 . 

SIGNED,  SEALED  AND  DELIVERED  ^  A.  B.       [SEAL.] 

IN  PRESENCE  OF  >  C.  B.       [SEAL.] 

E.  F.  j 

Note. —  Such  deed  should  be  duly  acknowledged  before  a  Judge,  Commissioner  of 
Deeds,  Master  in  Chancery,  or  otber  officer  authorized  by  law  to  take  such  acknowl- 
edgment, and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk.  The  bond  and  mortgage 
given  by  the  Trustees  to  secure  payment  of  part  of  purchase  money  may  be  in  the 
usual  forms,  and  for  the  execution  of  deeds,  mortgages  and  bonds,  each  district  should 
have  a  corporate  seal.  Notes  given  for  borrowed  money  should  be  in  the  name  of 
the  district  and  signed  by  all  the  Trustees  as  such. 


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No.  75. — Form  of  Contract  for  Building  a  School  House. 

Contract  made  and  entered  into  between  A.  B.,  of  the  county  '• 

of ,  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  "  The  Trustees  of  School 

District  No.  ,  in  the  county  of  ,"   State   of  New 

Jersey. 

In  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  in  hand  paid,  the 
receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  of  the  further  sum 

of dollars,  to  be  paid  as  hereinafter  specified,  the  said  A. 

B.  agrees  to  build  a  frame  school  house  and  to  furnish  the 
materials  therefor,  according  to  the  plan  and  specification*,  for 
the  erection  of  said  house  hereto  appended,  at  such  point  in  said 
district  as  the  said  Trustees  may  designate.  The  said  house  is 
to  be  built  of  the  best  material,  in  a  substantial,  workmanlike 
manner  ;  and  is  to  be  completed  and  delivered  to  said  Trustees, 
or  their  successors  in  office,  free  from  any  lien  for  work  done  or 

materials  furnished,  by  the day  of ,  18 ;  and 

in  case  the  said  house  is  not  finished  in  the  time  herein  specified, 
the  said  A.  B.  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  said  Trustees,  or  their 

successors  in  office,  for  the  use  of  said  district,  the  sum  of 

dollars,  and  shall  also  be  liable  for  all  damages  that  may  result 
to  said  district  in  consequence  of  such  failure,  and  said  Trustees 
may  finish  the  building  and  charge  the  cost  of  the  same  to  the 
said  A.  B. 

The  said  Trustees,  or  their  successors  in  office,  in  behalf  of  said 

district,  hereby  agree  to  pay  the  said  A.  B.  the  sum  of 

dollars  when  the  foundation  of  said  house  is  finished ;  and  the 

further  sum  of dollars  when  the  building  is  ready  for  the 

roof;  and  the  remaining  sum  of  -dollars  when  the  said 

house  is  finished  and  delivered,  as  herein  stipulated. 

It  is   further  agreed  that  this  contract  shall  not  be  sub-let, 
transferred  or  assigned,  without  the  consent  of  both  parties. 

Witness  our  hands  this day  of ,  18 . 

A.  B.,  Contractor, 

C.  D..  E.  F.  and  G.  H.,  Trustees. 

"SoTR. — In   building  a  school  house,  it  is  all  important  to  secure  a  plan  of  the 
building,  with  full  specifications  aa  to  its  dimensions,  style  of  architecture,  number 


88  BLANKS  AND  FORMS 


and  size  of  the  windows  and  doors,  quality  of  the  materials  to  be  used ;  what  kind  of 
roof;  number  of  coats  of  paint;  of  what  material  the  foundation  shall  be  constructed  ; 
^  its  depth  below,  and  its  height  above  the  surface  of  the  ground  ;  the  number  and 
style  of  chimneys  and  flues ;  the  provisions  for  ventilation  ;  the  number  of  coats  of 
plastering  and  style  of  finish,  and  all  other  items  in  detail  that  may  be  deemed  neces- 
sary. The  plan  and  specifications  should  be  attached  to  the  contract,  and  the  whole 
filed  with  the  District  Clerk.  Before  the  building  is  commenced,  the  contract  shall 
be  filed  in  the  office  if  the  County  Clerk  to  prevent  liens. 


76. — Bond  to  be  Issued  for  Loan  from  School  Fund. 


No. $ . 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  "  The  Trustees  of  School 

District  Number ,  in  the  County  of ,"  in  the  State  of 

New  Jersey,  are  justly  indebted  unto ,  or  bearer,  in 

the  sum  of dollars,  lawful  money  of  the  United  States  of 

America,  to  be  paid  to  the  said ,  or  bearer,  on  the 

day  of ,  eighteen  hundred  and ,  at  the 

Bank, ,  with  interest  therefor  from  the  date  hereof,  at  the 

rate  of  seven  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  on 

the  first  days  of and ,  in  every  year,  at ,  on 

the  presentation  of  the  annexed  coupons  as  they  severally  become 
due. 

This  is  one  of  a  series  of  coupon  bonds  issued  by  the  Trustees 

of  said  School  District,  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  

dollars,  numbered  from  1  to ,  both  inclusive.  Those  num- 
bered from  1  to ,  both  inclusive,  are  of  the  denomination 

of  one  thousand  dollars  each ;  those  numbered  from to 

,  both  inclusive,  are  of  the  denomination  of  five  hundred 

dollars  each  ;  and  those  numbered  from  to ,  both 

inclusive,  are  of  the  denomination  of  one  hundred  dollars  each. 
And  all  of  said  bonds  have  been  issued  for  money  borrowed  by 
said  Trustees  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  school  house  in  said 
School  District,  pursuant  to  the  statute  entitled  "An  Act  to  estab- 
lish a  System  of  Public  Instruction,"  approved  March  27th,  1874, 
and  by  the  consent  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  district  lawfully 
given,  at  a  meeting  lawfully  held  on  the  Tuesday  of  the  week 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  89 


following  the  annual  town  meeting  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 

and . 

In  witness  whereof,  on  the day  of ,  in  the- 

year  eighteen  hundred  and ,  this  bond  is  signed 

[seal.]        by  the  Trustees  of  said  District,  and  attested  by  the 

Clerk,  under  the  seal  of  the  said  District. 


Trustees. 


Attest : ,  District  Clerk. 

Form  of  Coupon  to  be  attached  to  the  above  Bond. 

School  District  No. ,  County  of ,  N.  J. 

School  House  Loan. 

Interest  Warrant  for  dollars,  payable  at Bank, 

-.  New  Jersey,  to  bearer, 1st,  18 ,  for  six  months' 


interest  on  Bond  No. 

,  District  Clerk. 


No.  77. — Application  for  Loan  from  School  Fund. 

To  "  The  Trustees  for  the  Support  of  Public  Schools  "  of  the  State 

of  New  Jersey : 

The   "  Trustees   of    School    District   Number  ,   in   the 

County  of ,"  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  ask  to  borrow  of 

"  The  Trustees  for  the  Support  of  Public  Schools,"  the  sum  of 

dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  School  House  in 

the  aforesaid  District;  and  offer  as  security  for  said  loan  the 
coupon  bonds  of  said  district,  to  the  amount,  at  par,  of  said  loan. 
Said  loan  and  bonds  were  authorized  by  the  inhabitants  of  said 
District  when  met,  upon  due  and  legal  notice  for  that  purpose, 
on  the  Tuesday  of  the  week  following  the  annual  town  meeting, 
in  the  township  in  which  said  District  is  situate,  in  the  year  one 

thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy .     The  principal  of 

said  loan  is  to  bo  repaid  in  installments  of dollars  a  year; 

the  first  installment  to  bo  paid  on  the day  of  ,  one 


90  BLANKS  AND  FORMS 


thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy  ,  and  then  }rearly 

thereafter,  with  interest  from  date,  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  centum 
per  annum,  payable  semi-annually ;  said  bonds  to  become  due 
according  to  the  terms  aforesaid.     Principal  and  interest  payable 

at ;  and  the  bonds  hereby  offered  are  of  the  denomination 

of  $ each,  and  are  numbered  from  one  to  ,  both 

inclusive. 

.  We  submit  herewith  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  had  at  said 
meeting  of  said  inhabitants,  duly  verified ;  and  a  copy  of  the 
notice  of  said  meeting,  with  an  affidavit  showing  when  and 
where  said  notice  was  put  up. 

Dated , ,  N.  J., ,  18 . 


,  D.  C.  "J  Trustees  of  School  District 

,  >     Number ,  in  the 

,  J      County  of ,  N.  J. 

Note. — The  above  application  should  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  who  is  ex- 
officio  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


No.  78. — Directions  given  to  Candidates  for  Certificates  before  being 

Examined. 

1.  Write  your  name  and  the  subject  of  the  examination,  dis- 
tinctly, at  the  top  of  each  page. 

2.  You  need  not  copy  the  questions  upon  the  paper,  but  be 
careful  to  number  each  answer  to  correspond  with  the  question. 

3.  Write  only  on  one  side  of  the  paper,  and  do  not  write  to 
the  left  of  the  red  marginal  line. 

4.  If  unable  to  answer  any  question,  write  its  proper  number, 
and  opposite  the  same  write,  "  I  cannot  answer." 

5.  In  answering  questions  in  Arithmetic,  Algebra,  etc.,  give 
the  work  as  well  as  the  answer. 

6.  After  beginning  a  set  of  questions,  do  not  leave  the  room 
without  the  permission  of  the  examiner  in  charge,  until  that  ex- 
ercise is  completed. 

7.  During  the  examination,  avoid,  with  the  utmost  strictness, 
all  communication  with  other  candidates,  with  visitors,  or  with 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  91 


any  one  else,  except  the  examiners,  whether  by  talking,  signs, 
notes,  or  otherwise.  Any  violation  of  this  rule  will  cause  your 
exercise  to  be  rejected. 

8.  Referring  to  text  books,  or  to  written  or  printed  abstracts, 
or  memoranda  of  any  kind  connected  with  the  subject  of  ex- 
amination, or  having  such  book,  abstract  or  memoranda  in  your 
desk  or  about  your  person,  will  cause  your  exercise  to  be  re- 
jected. 

9.  As  soon  as  one  exercise  is  finished,  hand  it  to  the  examiner 
in  attendance  before  beginning  another. 

10.  Do  not  fold  the  paper  containing  your  answers,  and  do  not 
tear  off  any  portion  of  the  sheet  that  may  remain  after  you  have 
finished  a  set  of  questions,  but  leave  the  sheet  whole  as  the  paper 
will  be  preserved. 

11.  A  special  average  will  be  given  for  correctness  in  Ortho- 
graphy and  Composition,  and  for  legibility,  order,  neatness  and 
general  appearance  of  the  examination  papers. 

12.  Be  careful  to  preserve  this  card  of  directions  and  the 
questions.  They  will  both  be  called  for  at  the  close  of  the  ex- 
amination. 


No.  79. — Calendar  for  School  Elections  and  Duties. 

1.  State  Board  of  Education — Meets  on  the  first  Thursday 
in  November,  and  on  the  last  Thursdays  of  January  and  June, 
annually. 

2.  Trustees  of  the  School  Fund — Meet  on  the  first  Monday  in 
April,  annually,  and  at  other  times  when  called  together  by  the 
Governor. 

3.  State  Board  of  Examiners — Meets  on  the  Mondays  preceding 
the  last  Thursdays  of  January  and  June,  annually. 

4.  County  Boards  of  Examiners — Meet  on  the  last  Saturday  of 
February,  May,  August  and  November,  annually. 

5.  State  Association  of  School  Superintendents — Meets  at  such 
times  as  the  State  Board  of  Education  appoints. 


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6.  School  Trustees — Elected  on  the  first  Monday  in  September, 
annually,  and  should  meet  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month. 

7.  District  Clerks — Elected  within  ten  days  after  the  annual 
meeting  for  the  election  of  Trustees,  annually. 

8.  Township  Boards  of  Trustees — Meets  semi-annually,  at  such 
times  and  places  as  the  County  Superintendent  may  appoint. 

9.  District  Meetings  for  Voting  District  Tax — Held  on  the  Tues- 
day of  the  week  following  Town  Meeting,  annually. 

10.  Report  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  to  the  Governor — On 
or  before  the  tenth  of  November,  annually. 

11.  Report  of  the  State  Superintendent  to  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation— On  the  first  Thursday  in  November,  annually. 

12.  Report  of  County  Superintendents  to  the  State  Superintendent — 
On  or  before  the  first  of  September,  annually. 

13.  Report  of  District  Clerks  to  County  Superintendent — On  or 
before  the  first  of  August,  annually. 

14.  Report  of  Teachers  to  Trustees — At  the  close  of  each  quarter's 
teaching. 

15.  Monthly  Reports  by  County  Superintendents — To  the  State 
Superintendent  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month. 

16.  Financial  Statemerd  of  Township  Collector  to  Township  Com- 
mittee and  County  Superintendent — On  or  before  the  first  of  August, 
annually. 

17.  Financial  Statement  of  District  Clerks  to  Townsliip  Committee — 
On  or  before  the  first  of  August,  annually. 

18.  Financial  Statement  of  District  Clerks  to  the  County  Sujierin- 
tendent — On  or  before  the  first  of  August,  annually. 

19.  Assessor  makes  Returns  to  the  Collector — Within  fifteen  days 
after  the  first  Monday  in  September,  annually. 

20.  Township  and  District  School  Taxes — Collected  and  due  the 
Trustees  by  the  first  of  December,  annually. 

21.  District  Census — Taken  between  the  first  and  the  twentieth 
days  of  July,  annually. 

22.  Apportionment  of  State  Appropriation  to  the  Counties — Made 
by  the  State  Superintendent,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in 
April,  anuually. 

23.  Apportionment  of  State  Appropriation  and  Township  School 


FOR  SCHOOL  OFFICERS.  93 


Taxes  to  the  Districts — Made  by  the  County  Superintendent  on  or 
before  the  first  of  May,  annually. 

24.  Copy  of  Apportionment — Made  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent, and  furnished  to  each  Township  Collector  and  District  Clerk 
within  twenty  days  after  the  apportionment  is  made. 

25.  State  Appropriation — One  hundred  thousand  dollars  paid 
in  November,  and  the  two  mill  tax  in  the  month  of  January  fol- 
lowing. 

26.  Visitation  of  Schools — Each  School  visited  by  the  County 
Superintendent  twice  every  year. 

27.  Agricultural  College — Candidates  examined  by  the  County 
Superintendents  at  the  quarterly  examination  on  the  last  Satur- 
day in  August,  annually. 

28.  School  Holidays  —  Christmas  day,  first  day  of  January, 
fourth  day  of  July,  and  such  days  of  fasting  or  thanksgiving  as 
may  be  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  by 
the  Governor  of  this  State. 

29.  School  Year — Commences  on  the  first  of  September,  and 
ends  on  the  thirty-first  of  August. 

30.  Fiscal  Year. — The  school  fiscal  year  of  the  State  coincides 
with  the  school  year. 


RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

FOR   THE 

G^ovefument  of    $cl^ool    Offi<fei% 

Prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  in  conformity  with  the 
Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  Establish  a  System  of  Public  Instruction  " 
(Sec.  2,  Clause  1). 


I. — COUNTY    BOARD    OF   EXAMINERS. 

1.  The  County  Superintendent,  together  with  those  whom  he 
may  appoint  as  County  Examiners,  will  hold  four  stated  meet- 
ings for  the  examination  of  teachers  during  each  year,  in  such 
places  in  the  county  as  are  most  convenient  of  access  to  the 
teachers.  The  first  examination  will  be  held  on  the  last  Friday 
or  Saturday  in  February ;  the  second,  on  the  last  Friday  or  Sat- 
urday in  May ;  the  third,  on  the  last  Friday  or  Saturday  in 
August;  and  the  fourth,  on  the  last  Friday  or  Saturday  in 
November. 

2.  He  will  issue  Certificates  of  three  grades,  to  be  called 
respectively,  First,  Second,  and  Third  Grade  County  Certificates. 

3.  Candidates  for  the  Third  Grade  County  Certificate  are  to  be 
not  less  than  sixteen  years  old.  No  experience  in  teaching  will 
be  required.  Applicants  for  a  Third  Grade  Certificate  will  be 
examined  in  Orthography,  Reading,  Writing,  Geography,  Prac- 
tical Arithmetic,  and  English  Grammar.  The  license  will  con- 
tinue in  force  for  one  year  from  date. 

4.  Candidates  for  the  Second  Grade  County  Certificate  are  to  be 
not  less  than  seventeen  years  old,  with  an  experience  in  teaching 
of  not  less  than  one  year.  The  examination  will  be  the  same  as 
that  for  the  Third  Grade  Certificate,  with  the  addition  of  the 
History  of   the  United  States,  Book-Keeping,  and  Theory  and 


96  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


Practice  of  Teaching.     The  license  will  continue  in  force  for  two 
years  from  date. 

5.  Candidates  for  the  First  Grade  County  Certificate  are  to  be  not 
less  than  eighteen  years  old,  with  an  experience  in  teaching  of 
not  less  than  two  years.  The  examination  will  be  the  same  as 
that  for  the  Second  Grade  Certificate,  with  the  addition  of  Physi- 
ology, Natural  Philosophy,  English  Composition,  Algebra,  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  the  School  Law  of  New 
Jersey.  The  license  will  remain  in  force  for  three  years  from 
date. 

6.  A  new  set  of  questions  will  be  prepared  for  each  County 
Examination,  under  the  direction  of  the  State  Superintendent, 
and  ten  cmestions  will  be  given  in  each  study. 

II. — STATE    BOARD   OF   EXAMINERS. 

7.  The  State  Board  of  Examiners,  consisting  of  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  and  the  Principal  of  the 
State  Normal  School,  will  hold  two  examinations  during  each 
year,  in  January  and  June,  at  the  State  Normal  School,  in 
Trenton. 

8.  This  Board  will  grant  Certificates  of  three  grades,  to  be 
called  respectively,  First,  Second,  and  Third  Grade  State  Certifi- 
cates, the  third  or  lowest  grade  ranking  one  degree  above  the 
highest  grade  issued  by  County  Boards  of  Examiners. 

9.  Candidates  for  the  Third  Grade  State  Certificate  are  to  be  not 
less  than  nineteen  years  old.  They  will  be  examined  in  the  fol- 
lowing branches,  to  wit  :  Spelling,  Reading,  Penmanship,  Book- 
Keeping,  Geography,  English  Grammar,  Arithmetic,  Algebra, 
Geometry,  Trigonometry,  History  and  Constitution  of  the  Lmited 
States,  Natural  Philosophy,  Chemistry,  Geology,  Botany,  Physi- 
ology, Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching,  and  the  School  Law  of 
New  Jersey.  The  license  will  remain  in  force  for  five  years 
from  date. 

10.  Candidates  for  the  Second  Grade  State  Certificate  are  to  be 
not  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age,  with  an  experience  in 
teaching  of  not  less  than  two  years.     The  examination   will  be 


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the  same  as  that  required  for  a  Third  Grade  Certificate.     The 
license  will  remain  in  force  for  seven  years  from  date. 

11.  Candidates  for  the  First  Grade  State  Certificate  are  to  be  not 
less  than  twenty-five  years  old,  with  an  experience  in  teaching 
of  not  less  than  four  years.  The  examination  will  be  the  same 
as  that  required  for  the  Second  or  Third  Grade  Certificate,  with 
the  addition  of  any  two  of  the  following  works  that  each  candi- 
date may  choose,  namely :  Hart's  in  the  School  Room,  Well's 
Graded  Schools,  Abbott's  Teacher,  Barnard's  American  Peda- 
gogy, Barnard's  American  Normal  Schools,  Herbert  Spencer's 
Education,  Wickersharn's  Methods  of  Instruction,  AVickersham's 
School  Economy,  Russell's  Normal  Training,  Jewell's  School 
Government,  Emerson  and  Potter's  School  and  Schoolmaster, 
Sheldon's  Elementary  Instruction,  Ogden's  Science  of  Teaching, 
Northend's  Teacher's  Assistant,  Northend's  Teacher  and  Parent, 
Se well's  Principles  of  Education,  and  Burton's  Culture  of  the 
Observing  Faculties.  Each  candidate  will  be  required  to  draw 
up  a  plan  for  organizing  the  schools  of  some  large  city.  The 
license  will  be  good  for  life. 

Note. — Candidates  for  the  First  Grade  State  Certificates  are  requested  to  give 
early  notice  of  their  intention  to  apply,  in  order  that  a  topic  for  lecture  may  be 
assigned  to  each.  They  are  also  requested  to  give  notice  of  the  two  works  from  the 
prescribed  list  on  which  they  desire  to  be  examined. 

III. GENERAL    INSTRUCTIONS    RELATING    TO     BOTH     COUNTY     AND 

STATE   CERTIFICATES. 

12.  With  the  exception  of  Reading,  Vocal  and  Instrumental 
Music,  Elocution,  Drawing,  and  School  Gymnastics,  all  exami- 
nations are  to  be  conducted  in  writing. 

13.  Upon  each  Teacher's  Certificate  will  be  written  the  special 
average  in  each  study  and  the  general  average,  each  marked  as 
a  percentage  upon  the  scale  of  100. 

14.  A  special  average  will  be  given  for  correctness  in  Ortho- 
graphy and  Composition,  and  for  neatness,  order,  and  general 
appearance  of  the  Examination  Papers. 

15.  Special  credit  marks  will  be  allowed  for  ability  to  teach 
Music,  Drawing,  Elocution  and  School  Gymnastics. 

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16.  No  license  will  be  granted  to  a  teacher  whose  general 
average  falls  below  70,  or  whose  special  average  in  any  one  of 
the  studies  required  for  the  Third  Grade  County  Certificate  shall 
be  less  than  70. 

17.  All  candidates  are  required  to  furnish  testimonials  from 
School  Trustees  or  other  responsible  persons,  as  to  their  moral 
character  and  as  to  the  time  and  place  in  which  they  have 
taught,  and  their  success  therein. 

18.  The  Second  and  Third  Grade  County  Certificates  will  be 
eood  only  for  the  county  in  which  they  are  issued.  The  First 
Grade  County  Certificates,  and  all  State  Certificates,  will  be  good 
for  all  parts  of  the  State. 

19.  All  Certificates  will  be  liable  to  be  revoked  for  cause. 

IV. COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENTS. 

20.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  County  Superintendent  to 
visit  every  school  in  his  count}7'  at  least  twice  in  each  year,  and 
oftener  if  practicable. 

21.  He  shall  note  at  such  visits,  in  a  book  provided  for  the 
purpose,  to  be  designated  "The  Superintendent's  Visiting  Book," 
the  condition  of  the  school  buildings  and  out-houses,  the  appear- 
ance and  correctness  of  the  records  kept  in  the  school  registers, 
the  efficiency  of  the  teachers,  the  character,  record,  and  standing 
of  the  pupils,  the  methods  of  instruction,  the  branches  taught, 
the  text  books  used,  and  the  discipline,  government,  and  general 
condition  of  each  school ;  and  from  the  notes  thus  taken  he  shall 
ascertain  and  report  the  relative  grade  of  merit  of  each  school. 

22.  He  shall  give  such  directions  in  the  science,  art,  and 
methods  of  teaching,  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  and  shall  be 
the  official  adviser  and  constant  assistant  of  the  School  Officers 
of  his  county.     (School  Law,  Sec.  28.) 

23.  He  shall  distribute  promptly  all  reports,  forms,  laws,  cir- 
culars, and  instructions  which  he  may  receive  from,  and  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  directions  of  the  State  Superintendent. 

24.  He  shall  take  care  that  the  decisions  of  the  State  Superin- 
tendent, or  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  upon  controversies 
relating  to  the  school  laws  of  the  State,  or  to  the  rules  and  regu- 


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lations  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  be  complied 
with  by  the  parties  concerned  ;  and  in  case  such  decisions  are 
not  complied  with,  he  shall  inform  the  State  Superintendent 
thereof,  and  state  the  circumstances  connected  therewith.  (School 
Law,  Sec.  28.) 

25.  He  shall  carefully  preserve  all  reports  of  school  officers 
and  teachers,  and  all  the  examination  papers  of  teacher-  ex- 
amined by  the  County  Board  of  Examiners,  and,  generally,  shall 
carry  out  the  piovisions  of  the  law  "Establishing  a  System  of 
Public  Instruction,"  and  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  at  the  close  of  his  official  term 
shall  deliver  to  his  successor  all  records,  books,  documents, 
papers,  and  property  belonging  to  the  office. 

26.  No  County  Superintendent  shall  act  as  agent  for  any 
author,  publisher  or  bookseller,  nor  directly  or  indirectly  receive 
any  gift,  emolument,  or  reward  for  his  influence  in  recommend- 
ing or  procuring  the  use  of  any  book,  or  school  apparatus,  or 
furniture  of  any  kind  whatever,  in  any  public  school ;  and  any 
one  who  shall  violate  this  provision  shall  be  subject  to  removal 
from  office. 

27.  He  shall  meet  each  Township  Board  of  Trustees  at  least 
twice  each  year,  which  meetings  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and 
places  as  he  may  appoint.     (School  Law,  Sec.  40.) 

28.  He  shall  ascertain  from  the  Township  Collectors,  within 
five  days  after  the  annual  town  meetings,  the  amount  of  school 
tax  ordered  to  be  assessed  in  each  township,  and  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  May  of  each  year  he  shall  apportion,  according  to 
law,  to  the  several  townships  and  school  districts  of  his  county, 
all  the  school  moneys  to  which  they  are  entitled  for  the  following 
year,  whether  received  by  State  appropriation  or  ordered  to  be 
assessed  as  township  school  tax.     (School  Law,  Sec.  21,  22,  23.) 

29.  He  shall  encourage  and  assist  in  the  organization  and 
management  of  County  Institutes,  and  labor  in  every  practicable 
way  to  elevate  the  standard  of  teaching  and  improve  the  condi- 
tion of  the  public  schools  in  his  county  ;  he,  together  with  the 
City  Superintendents,  if  any,  of  the  cities  within  his  county, 
may  organize  annually  a  Teacher's  institute  in  the  county,  when, 


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in  his  or  their  judgment,  such  an  Institute  is  likely  to  be  well 
attended  by  the  teachers,  and  can  be  so  conducted  as  to  advance 
the  cause  of  education  ;  the  time  and  place  for  holding  the  In- 
stitute, the  instructors,  and  programme  of  exercises  for  the  same, 
shall  be  such  as  the  County  and  City  Superintendents  may  agree 
upon,  and  as  the  State  Superintendent  may  approve. 

30.  He  shall  inquire  and  ascertain  whether  the  boundaries  of 
the  school  districts  in  his  county  are  definitely  and  plainly  de- 
scribed, and  shall  keep  in  his  office  a  full  and  correct  transcript 
of  such  boundaries,  a  map  of  which  he  shall  furnish  to  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  ;  in  case  the  boundaries  of 
any  of  the  school  districts  are  conflicting  or  incorrectly  described, 
or  for  any  good  reasons  should  be  changed,  he  shall,  upon  con- 
sultation with  the  trustees  of  the  districts  concerned,  harmonize, 
describe,  and  change  them,  and  make  a  report  of  such  action  to 
the  State  Board  of  Education  ;  and  on  being  ratified  by  said 
Board,  the  boundaries  and  descriptions  so  made  shall  be  the  legal 
boundaries  and  descriptions  of  the  districts  of  the  county.  (Sec. 
24.)  After  the  boundaries  of  the  districts  of  any  county  shall 
have  been  definitely  determined  by  the  action  of  the  County 
Superintendent  and  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the  County 
Superintendent  shall  proceed  to  renumber  them  from  number 
one  to  a  number  equal  to  the  number  of  districts  in  the 
county,  inclusive ;  and  no  further  changes  shall  be  made  unless 
the  consent  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  been 
first  obtained,  as  is  herein  provided.     (School  Law,  Sec.  38.) 

31.  No  contract  between  a  board  of  trustees  and  a  teacher 
sh  all  at  any  time  be  made  which  will  be  binding  upon  a  suc- 
ceeding board,  for  a  longer  period  than  three  months. 

32.  No  changes  in  the  boundaries  of  districts,  in  which  district 
taxes  have  been  ordered,  shall  be  made  between  the  times  of 
ordering  and  assessing  the  same. 

33.  Each  County  Superintendent  shall,  upon  the  first  Monday 
in  each  month,  send  to  the  State  Superintendent  a  brief  report 
respecting  the  condition  and  progress  of  education  in  his  county, 
and  the  work  he  has  performed  in  connection  with  the_duties  of 
his  office. 


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34.  At  the  close  of  their  official  terms,  or  on  the  vacation  of 
their  office  by  resignation  or  otherwise,  should  the  same  occur 
during  the  scholastic  year,  all  County  Superintendents  shall 
report  to  the  State  Superintendent  for  the  portion  of  the  year 
that  may  have  expired,  as  provided  for  in  the  30th  section  of  the 
School  Law,  with  reference  to  their  annual  reports;  and  no  order 
shall  be  given  for  their  last  quarter's  salary  until  such  reports 
are  received  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the  State  Superintendent. 

35.  That  in  case  of  the  failure  of  any  County  Superintendent 
to  make  his  report  to  the  State  Superintendent  on  the  first  day 
of  September,  as  required  by  law,  the  State  Superintendent  shall 
not  give  to  such  County  Superintendent  any  order  for  the  pay- 
ment of  salary  for  the  quarter  next  succeeding  such  delin- 
quency, except  by  a  special  resolution  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education  for  this  purpose. 

36.  All  changes  made  in  the  boundaries  of  school  districts, 
against  which  no  appeals  are  made  in  writing,  may  be  approved 
by  the  State  Superintendent,  as  Secretary  of  the  State  Board. 

37.  County  Superintendents,  on  granting  certificates  at  private 
examinations,  may  grant  them  in  the  usual  form ;  or,  if  they 
deem  it  advisable,  they  may  grant  them  to  be  good  only  until 
the  regular  quarterly  examination  next  succeeding  such  private 
examination. 

38.  All  teachers  are  required  to  attend  the  Annual  Institute 
held  in  the  county  in  which  they  are  teaching,  except  for  can-'1 
satisfactory  to  the  County  Superintendent,  and  no  deduction  shall 
be  made  by  trustees  from  the  salary  of  teachers  for  the  time  they 
are  in  actual  attendance  upon  said  Institute. 

39.  No  teacher  shall  be  employed  by  a  board  of  trustees 
except  such  as  hold  regular  teachers'  certificates  in  full  force  and 
effect  at  the  time  the  engagement  is  made. 

40.  The  terms  of  the  County  Superintendents,  heretofore  and 
hereafter  appointed,  shall  terminate  with  the  school  year. 

41.  When  it  is  within  t\\c  knowledge  of  the  State  Superin- 
tendent that  a  County  Superintendent  is  not  attending  to  the 
duties  of  his  office,  he  shall  withhold  from  such  County  Superin- 


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tendent    orders  for  his  quarterly  salary  until  the  Board  shall 
direct  such  orders  to  be  drawn. 

42.  Normal  Graduates,  who  have  completed  the  two  j'ears' 
course,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  Third  Grade  State  Certificate,  and 
those  who  have  completed  the  three  years'  course  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  Second  Grade  State  Certificate. 


INDEX 


i:et:d:e!:x. 


THE  SCHOOL  LAW. 

Page. 
Boards  of  Examiners — 

State  Board  of  Examiners,  duties  of,  section  48 18 

County  Boards  of  Examiners,  section  49 18 

City  Boards  of  Examiners,  section  50 — 20 

Corporal  Punishment — 

Prohibited,  section  98 37 

County  Superintendents — 

How  appointed,  section  19 8 

Term  of  office,  section  19 - 8 

Salary,  section  20 .- - 8 

To  apportion  school  moneys  to  townships  and  cities,  section  21..  9 

To  apportion  to  school  districts,  section  22 - 9 

To  issue  orders  on  county  collector,  section  23 —  10 

To  license  teachers,  change  school  districts  and  provide  for  graded 

schools,  section  24 10 

To  appoint  trustees  to  fill  vacancies,  section  25 10 

To  withhold  school  moneys,  section  26 10 

To  appoint  students  for  Agricultural  College,  section  27 11 

To  give  advice,  section  28 11 

Shall  constitute,  with  the  City  Superintendent,  "  Tho  State  Asso- 
ciation of  School  Superintendents,"  section  29 - 11 

To  make  an  annual  report,  section  30 11 

To  administer  oath,  section  99 37 

District  Clerk — 

To  keep  record  of  tho  proceedings  of  the  Trustees,  section  35 —  13 

To  keep  financial  accounts,  section  35 13 

To  make  financial  report  to  County  Superintendent,  and  to  Town- 
ship Committee,  section  35 13 

To  take  district  census,  section  36 13 

To  make  annual  report  to  County  Superintendent,  section  36 13 

To  keep  school  houses  in  repair  and  furnish  supplies,  section  37.-  14 

Penalty  for  failure  to  report,  section  93 36 

District  Schools — 

Inhabitants  to  provide  suitable  buildings,  section  62 24 

Schools  to  be  kept  open  five  months,  section  63 24 

Duration  of  school  year,  section  64 — 24 


106  INDEX. 


District  School  Tax —  • 

Page 

How  to  be  determined,  section  86 32 

For  what  purposes  raised,  section  86 32 

How  assessed  and  collected,  section  86 32 

Graded  Schools — 

How  established  and  maintained,  section  61 23 

Model  School — 

Authority  to  maintain,  section  59 23 

Normal  School — 

Object  of,  section  51 20 

Trustees  of,  how  appointed,  section  52 20 

Compensation  of  trustees,  section  53 21 

Supervision  of  the  Normal  School,  section  54 21 

Annaal  report  of  trustees,  section  54 21 

Number  of  pupils  limited,  section  55 21 

Admission  of  pupils,  section  56 22 

Scholarship  fund,  section  56 22 

How  vacancies  may  be  filled,  section  57 ._ 23 

Trustees  to  employ  teachers  for  Normal  School,  section  58 23 

Text  books  to  be  furnished  by  trustees,  section  58 23 

Annual  appropriation  for  Normal  School,  section  60 .  23 

Pupils  to  comply  with  the  regulations  and  submit  to  the  authority  of  the 

teacher,  section  47 18 

Religious   Ceremonies,  section  65 24 

Repeal  of  general  school  laws,  section  100 37 

School  Bonds — 

How  authorized  and  issued,  section  87 34 

A  lien  upon  the  district,  section  88 34 

Assessments  for  payment,  section  89 35 

School  Fund — 

Trustees  of,  section  65 > 24 

How  constituted,  sections  66,  67  and  68 25 

Investment  of,  sections  69  and  70 26 

State  Treasurer  to  make  annual  statement  of,  section  71 27 

Secretary  of  State  to  be  Secretary  of  Board  of  Trustees,  section  72  27 

Appropriation  of  $40,000  from  school  fund,  section  73 27 

Appropriation  of  $60,000  from  the  Treasury,  section  74 28 

State  appropriation  paid  in  instalments,  section  75 28 

Appropriation  for  Teachers'  Institutes,  section  76 28 

State  appropriation,  how  paid,  section  80 30 

County  Collectors  to  receive  and  hold  in  trust  the  state  appropria- 
tion, section  83 31 


INDEX.  107 


School  Library — 

Page 

Appropriation  for,  section  95 36 

Selection  of  books,  section  9C 37 

Rules  prescribed,  section  97 37 

School   Trust"* — 

When  and  how  elected,  section  31 12 

Term  of  office,  section  32 12 

How  elected  in  new  districts,  section  33 12 

Election  of  District  Clerk,  section  34 13 

District  Clerk  to  keep  accounts,  section  35 13 

District  Clerk  to  make  reports,  section  35 12 

District  census  of  children,  section  36 12 

Repairs  and  supplies,  section  37 14 

Corporate  name  and  powers  of  Trustees,  section  36 14 

Duties  of  School  Trustees,  section  39 14 

Township  Board  of  Trustees,  section  40 16 

State  Association  of  School  Superintendents,  section  29 11 

State  Board  of  Education — 

How  composed,  section  1 3 

Powers  and  duties,  section  2 3 

Compensation,  section  3 4 

To  make  annual  report,  section  4 - 4 

State  Superintendent — 

How  elected,  term  of  office  and  salary,  section  5 4 

Location  of  office,  section  G 4 

To  carry  out  the  instruction  of  the  State  Board,  section  7 4 

Secretary  of  the  Board  ex  officio,  section  8 5 

To  have  supervision  of  schools,  section  9 5 

To  apportion  State  school  moneys,  section  10 5 

To  direct  and  cause   school  moneys  to  be  withheld,  section  11. —  5 

To  furnish  school  officers  with  blanks  and  forms,  section  12 6 

To  decide   disputes,  section  13 6 

To  collect  books  and  apparatus,  section  14 G 

To  preserve  school  documents,  section  15 6 

To  provide  a  seal  for  liis  office,  section  1G 6 

To  make  annual  report,  section  17 7 

To  deliver  property  of  office  to  successor,  section  18 7 

Teaclicr — 

To  keep  school  registers,  section  41 16 

To  rei  ort  to  County  Superintendent,  section  42 16 

To  report  to  District  Clerk,  section  12 1<> 

To  hold  a  teacher's  certificate,  section  43 17 

School  month  and  holidays,  section  44 17 

To  hold  pupils  accountable  for  their  conduct,  section  45 17 

Dismissal  of  teachers,  seotion  46 17 


103  INDEX. 


Township  Tax —  Page 

Amount  to  be  raised,  section  77 29 

Penalty  for  failure  to  raise,  section  77 29 

Interest  of  surplus  revenue  to  be  appropriated  to  schools,  sec.  90.  35 
Township  Collector  to  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all  township  school 

moneys,  section  84 31 

How  public  school  moneys  shall  be  used,  sections  91  and  92 35 

Two  Mill  School  Tax — 

How  assessed  and  collected,  section  77 28 

Apportionment  for  collection,  section  78 29 

When  paid  to  State  Treasurer,  section  79 30 

State  Superintendent  to  apportion  to  counties,  section  80 30 

County  Superintendent  to  apportion  to  townships    and  districts, 

section  81 30 

Paid  by  State  Treasurer  to  County  Collectors,  section  82 31 

Paid  by  County  Collectors  to  Township  Collectors,  section  83 31 


SUPPLEMENTS. 
Compulsory  Act — 

Time  children  must  attend  school,  section  1 37 

Penalty  for  non-attendance,  section  2 38 

District  Clerk  to  report  non-attendance,  section  3 38 

Township  Collector  to  collect  fines  imposed,  section  3 38 

Compensation — 

To  assessors  and  collectors,  section  1 39 

For  taking  the  school  census,  section  2 39 

Disorderly  Persons — 

Penalty  for  injuring  school  property  or  disturbing  the  school 41 


BLANKS  AND  FORMS. 

Forms  for  State  Superintendent 
No. 

1 .  Order  for  County  Superintendent's  salary 47 

2.  Order  for  County  Superintendent's  expenses 47 

3.  Order  on  Comptroller  for  the  State  Appropriation  of  $100.000 48 

4.  Order  on  the  Comptroller  for  the  Two  Mill  State  Appropriation 48 

10.   Order  for  Library  Appropriation 5<) 

56.  Teacher's  State  Certificate — First  Grade 76 

57.  Teacher's  State  Certificate — Second  Grade 76 

58.  Teacher's  State  Certificate— Third  Grade 77 


INDEX.  109 


Forms  for  County  Superintendents. 

No.  Page 

3.  Order  on  County  Collector  for  State  Appropriation  of  $100,000 48 

6.  Order  on  County  Collector  for  the  Two  Mill  State  Appropriation  ...  49 

7.  Order  on  County  Collector  for  the  Interest  of  Surplus  Revenue 49 

8.  Order  for  County  Examiner's  salary 49 

26.  Appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  a  Board  of  Trustees  .... 60 

27.  Appointment  of  a  District  Clerk 60 

28.  Appointment  of  Trustees  for  a  new  District 61 

29.  Request  for  District  Clerk  to  call  a  special  school  meeting  for  estab- 

lishing a  Graded  School. 61 

32.  Order  organizing  a  Union  School  District  for  the  purpose  of  estab- 

lishing a  Graded  School 63 

33.  Order  organizing  a  school  district 63 

34.  Order  altering  the  boundaries  of  a  school  district 64 

35.  Notice  by  County  Superintendent  to  the  District  Clerks  of  districts 

to  be  affected  by  proposed  district  changes 64 

38.  Notice  to  Township  Collector,  directing  him  to  withhold  school  mon- 

eys from  a  teacher 66 

39.  Notice  to  Township  Collector,  directing  him  to  withhold  school  mon- 

ey s  from  a  district (^6 

40.  Notice  of  meeting  for  examination  of  teachers 6(^ 

36.  Notice  of  meeting  of  Township  Board  of  Trustees - 64 

41.  Notice  to  Teacher  annulling  his  certificate .. 67 

42.  Notice  to  District  Clerk,  informing  him  of  the  annulment  of  Teacher's 

Certificate 67 

43.  Notice  of  the  apportionment  of  school  moneys  by  the  County  Super- 

intendent    68 

53.  Teacher'*  County  Certificate — First  Grade 73 

54.  Teacher's  County  Certificate — Second  Grade 74 

55.  Teacher's  County  Certificate — Third  Grade 75 

59.  Certificate  of  County  Superintendent  in  appeals 77 

61.  Form  of  certificate  condemning  a  school  house » 78 

Forms  for  District  Clerks. 

13.  Financial  report  of  District  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent 5 

14.  Financial  report  of  District  Clerk  to  Township  Committee 5 

ir>.   Financial  report  of  District  Clerk  to  the  people  of  the  District 5 

17.  Report  of  District  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent,  of  the  amount  of 

district  sohool  tax  ordered  to  be  raised 53 

25.  Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  a  vacancy  in  Board  of  Trustees,  60 

30.  Notice  for  a  special  school  meeting  for  considering  the   question  of 

establishing  a  Graded  School 62 

31.  Notice  t<i  County  Superintendent,  giving  the  result  of  the  action  of  a 

school  meeting  called  for  the   purpose  of  establishing  a  Graded 

School 62 

37.  District  Clerk's  account  with  District,  (see  note) 65 

44.  Notice  for  annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  trustees 69 

45.  Notice  of  meeting  of  the  District  Board  of  Trustees 69 

46.  Notice  by  Distriot  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent  of  the  election  of 

trustees 69 


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49.  Notice  for  the    annual  district  meeting  for  determining  what  district 

school  tux  shall  be  assessed 70 

51.  Various  specifications  of  business  to  be   transacted  that   may  be    in- 

serted in  any  notice  for  district  meeting,  as  they  may  be  needed..  71 

52.  Statement  of  the   amount   of  school  taxes   voted   to   be   raised  in   a 

school  district,  to  be  delivered  by  the   District  Clerk  to  the  Town- 
ship Assessor ■ 72 

65.  Minutes  of  trustee  meeting 80 

69.  Report  of  non-attendance  of  children  at  school 83 

71.  Duties  of  District  Clerk 84 

Forms  for  District  Trustees 

9.  Application  for  State  aid  to  establish  a  school  library 50 

11.  Order  on  Township  Collector  for  Teacher's  salary 51 

12.  Order  on  Township  Collector  for  district  school  tax  raised  for  other 

purposes  than  the  payment  of  Teacher's  salary 51 

16.   Annual  report  of  trustees  to  the  district 53 

48.  Form  of    resignation 70 

50.  Notice  for  a  special  district  meeting  for  determining  what  district 

school  tax  shall  be  assessed 71 

51.  Various  specifications  of  business  to  be  transacted  that  may  be  in- 

serted in  any  notice  for  district  meeting,  as  they  may  be  needed..  71 

61.  Form  of  certificate  condemning  a  school  house 78 

72.  Form  of  contract  between  district  and  teacher 85 

73.  Form  of  a  lease 85 

74.  Form  of  a  deed  of  a  school  house  site 86 

75.  Form  of  contract  for  building  a  school  house 87 

76.  Bond  to  be  issued  for  loan  from  School  Fund - 88 

77.  Application  for  loan  from  School  Fund —  89 

Forms  for  Teachers. 

21 .  Manner  of  keeping  the  school  register 56 

22.  Teacher's  report  to   County   Superintendent   when  leaving  a  school 

before  the  end  of  a  school  year 57 

23.  Teacher's  annual  report  to  District  Clerk 58 

23.  "              "             '*      to  County  Superintendent 58 

24.  Teacher's  quarterly  report  to  District  Clerk   59 

62.  Teacher's  report  of  the  suspension  of  a  pupil  to  the  Trustee  —  .  ..*.  78 
72.  Form  of  contract  between  district  and  teacher 85 


Forms  for  Township  Collectors. 

18.  Report  of  Township  Collector  to    County  Superintendent  of    town- 
ship school  tax  ordered  to  be  raised 54 

20.  Financial  report  of  Township  Collector  to  Township  Committee 55 

20.  Financial  report  of  Township  Collector  to  County    Superintendent 

(see  note.) 55 

37.  Township  Collector's  accounts  with  districts - 65 

70.  Duties  of  Township  Collector ^'<i 


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19.  Report  of  County  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent  of  the  names  and 
post  office  address  of  the  Township  Collectors   and  City  Treas- 
urers       54 

47.  Notice  to  be  given  by  the  Secretary  of  a  district   school   meeting  to 

the  officers  elect 70 

66.  Certificate  to  be  attached  to  proceedings  of  a  district  meeting  by  the 

person  acting  as  secretary 80 

60.  Appeal  to  the  State  Superintendent 78 

63.  .Order  of  business  at  a  district  school  meeting 79 

64.  Minutes  of  district  school  meeting  for  the  election  of  Trustees 79 

67.  Minutes  of  district  school  meeting  for  raising  district  tax 81 

68.  Minutes    of  district   school  meeting  ordering    a  new  school   house 

erected 81 

78.  Directions  given  to  candidates  for  certificates  before  being  examined.     90 

79.  Calendar  of  school  elections  and  duties 91 

Rules  and  Regulations  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  for 

the  government  of  School  officers —     95 


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